ghsa-389w-f784-rjg3
Vulnerability from github
Published
2025-09-08 12:30
Modified
2025-09-08 12:30
Severity ?
6.1 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Details

'sanitize-html' prior to version 1.0.3 is vulnerable to Cross-site Scripting (XSS). The function 'naughtyHref' doesn't properly validate the hyperreference (href) attribute in anchor tags (<a>), allowing bypasses that contain different casings, whitespace characters, or hexadecimal encodings.

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  "affected": [],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2014-125128"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-79"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": false,
    "github_reviewed_at": null,
    "nvd_published_at": "2025-09-08T11:15:30Z",
    "severity": "MODERATE"
  },
  "details": "\u0027sanitize-html\u0027 prior to version 1.0.3 is vulnerable to Cross-site Scripting (XSS). The function \u0027naughtyHref\u0027 doesn\u0027t properly validate the hyperreference (`href`) attribute in anchor tags (`\u003ca\u003e`), allowing bypasses that contain different casings, whitespace characters, or hexadecimal encodings.",
  "id": "GHSA-389w-f784-rjg3",
  "modified": "2025-09-08T12:30:33Z",
  "published": "2025-09-08T12:30:33Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-125128"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/apostrophecms/sanitize-html/issues/1"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/apostrophecms/sanitize-html/commit/423b90e06e1e85245eccedaabeb3a82840c6cd86"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/apostrophecms/sanitize-html/commit/889d4ec968e175f1905b2eb9d33f1fa89217cb02"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/Checkmarx/Vulnerabilities-Proofs-of-Concept/tree/main/2014/CVE-2014-125128"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ]
}


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