What is GHSA-hfj4-96f7-6r5g?

GHSA-hfj4-96f7-6r5g is a security advisory published by GitHub Security Advisories with Medium severity. Cross-Site Scripting in html-janitor

Which CVE IDs does GHSA-hfj4-96f7-6r5g cover?

GHSA-hfj4-96f7-6r5g covers the following CVE IDs: CVE-2017-0931. Each CVE has its own detail page on EchelonGraph Pulse with the synthesized EG score.

What is the CVSS v3 score of GHSA-hfj4-96f7-6r5g?

GHSA-hfj4-96f7-6r5g has a CVSS v3 base score of 6.1, published by GitHub Security Advisories.

Which products are affected by GHSA-hfj4-96f7-6r5g?

GHSA-hfj4-96f7-6r5g affects 1 product, including: npm/html-janitor:\u003c 2.0.3.

GHSA-hfj4-96f7-6r5gMediumCVSS 6.1

Cross-Site Scripting in html-janitor

Vendor

GitHub Security Advisories

Published

November 9, 2018

Last Modified

September 12, 2023

🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

CVE-2017-0931 →

📋 Description

Versions of html-janitor prior to 2.0.2 (all current versions) are vulnerable to cross-site scripting (XSS).

This is exploitable if user-controlled data is passed into the modules clean() function.

Recommendation

No fix is currently available for this vulnerability. It is recommended to use an alternative module for HTML sanitization.

🎯 Affected products1

npm/html-janitor:< 2.0.3

🔗 References (5)

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-0931
https://github.com/guardian/html-janitor/issues/34
https://hackerone.com/reports/308155
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-hfj4-96f7-6r5g
https://www.npmjs.com/advisories/576