CVE-2019-25225 (GCVE-0-2019-25225)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2025-09-08 10:02
Modified
2025-09-08 15:18
Severity ?
6.1 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
CWE
  • CWE-79 - Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation (XSS or 'Cross-site Scripting')
Summary
`sanitize-html` prior to version 2.0.0-beta is vulnerable to Cross-site Scripting (XSS). The `sanitizeHtml()` function in `index.js` does not sanitize content when using the custom `transformTags` option, which is intended to convert attribute values into text. As a result, malicious input can be transformed into executable code.
References
596c5446-0ce5-4ba2-aa66-48b3b757a647https://github.com/Checkmarx/Vulnerabilities-Proofs-of-Concept/tree/main/2019/CVE-2019-25225
596c5446-0ce5-4ba2-aa66-48b3b757a647https://github.com/apostrophecms/sanitize-html/commit/712cb6895825c8bb6ede71a16b42bade42abcaf3
596c5446-0ce5-4ba2-aa66-48b3b757a647https://github.com/apostrophecms/sanitize-html/issues/293
596c5446-0ce5-4ba2-aa66-48b3b757a647https://github.com/apostrophecms/sanitize-html/pull/156
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