cve-2019-16769
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2019-12-05 18:55
Modified
2024-08-05 01:24
Severity ?
4.2 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L
Summary
Affected versions of serialize-javascript are vulnerable to Cross-site Scripting (XSS)
References
security-advisories@github.comhttps://github.com/yahoo/serialize-javascript/security/advisories/GHSA-h9rv-jmmf-4pgxThird Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/yahoo/serialize-javascript/security/advisories/GHSA-h9rv-jmmf-4pgxThird Party Advisory
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