Security advisory

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  "id": "bffc5cde8cc1681c57672a40327655b470ebe40ee1d523597c991b62c8af7810",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-1000160",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2018-1000160",
    "summary": "RisingStack protect version 1.2.0 and earlier contains a Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in isXss() function in lib/rules/xss.js that can result in dangerous XSS strings being validated as safe. This attack appears to be exploitable via A number of XSS strings(26) detailed in the GitHub issue #16.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2018-1000160",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "medium",
    "structured": {
      "id": "CVE-2018-1000160",
      "aliases": [
        "CVE-2018-1000160",
        "GHSA-vpch-rxw3-fgx8"
      ],
      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "repo": "https://github.com/risingstack/protect",
              "type": "GIT",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "0"
                },
                {
                  "last_affected": "80f469d09eca39296cad8c1589d2f15f42b5e2da"
                }
              ],
              "database_specific": {
                "extracted_events": [
                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:risingstack:protect:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "0"
                      },
                      {
                        "last_affected": "1.2.0"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_RANGE"
                  }
                ]
              }
            }
          ],
          "versions": [
            "v1.2.0",
            "v1.1.0"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2018-1000160.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-20T10:49:37.824994165Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://github.com/RisingStack/protect/blob/60b0c91e86686d34e5202419ce9ae7e8dc08edcd/lib/rules/xss.js#L4-L13",
        "https://github.com/RisingStack/protect/issues/16"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {}
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2018-1000160",
        "evidence": "/id"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 380617,
  "published_at": "2018-04-18T19:29:00.393+00:00"
}