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Reflected cross-site scripting (XSS) In sanitize-html

Description

Cross-Site Scripting in sanitize-html Affected versions of sanitize-html do not sanitize input recursively, which may allow an attacker to execute arbitrary Javascript.

Recommendation

Update to version 1.4.3 or later.

Mitigation

Update Impact

Minimal update. May introduce new vulnerabilities or breaking changes.

Ecosystem
Component
Affected version
Patched versions

Aliases

1. CVE-2016-10002372. NVD-2016-10002373. OSV-2016-10002374. GCVE-2016-1000237

References

1. https://github.com/apostrophecms/sanitize-html/issues/292. https://github.com/punkave/sanitize-html/issues/293. https://github.com/apostrophecms/sanitize-html/commit/762fbc7bba389f3f789cc291c1eb2b64f60f2caf4. https://raw.githubusercontent.com/distributedweaknessfiling/cvelist/master/2016/1000xxx/CVE-2016-1000237.json5. https://www.npmjs.com/advisories/135

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