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FKIE_CVE-2017-16016

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2018-06-04 19:29 - Updated: 2026-06-17 01:08
Severity
6.1 (Medium) - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Summary
Sanitize-html is a library for scrubbing html input of malicious values. Versions 1.11.1 and below are vulnerable to cross site scripting (XSS) in certain scenarios: If allowed at least one nonTextTags, the result is a potential XSS vulnerability.
References
support@hackerone.comhttps://github.com/punkave/sanitize-html/commit/5d205a1005ba0df80e21d8c64a15bb3accdb2403Patch
support@hackerone.comhttps://github.com/punkave/sanitize-html/issues/100Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
support@hackerone.comhttps://nodesecurity.io/advisories/154Exploit, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/punkave/sanitize-html/commit/5d205a1005ba0df80e21d8c64a15bb3accdb2403Patch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/punkave/sanitize-html/issues/100Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://nodesecurity.io/advisories/154Exploit, Third Party Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
punkave sanitize-html *
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  "lastModified": "2026-06-17T01:08:38.803",
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