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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2021-35043

OWASP AntiSamy before 1.6.4 allows XSS via HTML attributes when using the HTML output serializer (XHTML is not affected). This was demonstrated by a javascript: URL with : as the replacement for the : character.

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31 Oct 2026, 11:49 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

CVE-2021-35043

core-osv · Original source

Published 19 Jul 2021, 15:15 UTC

OWASP AntiSamy before 1.6.4 allows XSS via HTML attributes when using the HTML output serializer (XHTML is not affected). This was demonstrated by a javascript: URL with : as the replacement for the : character.

osv:CVE-2021-35043
Complete source record
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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2021-35043",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
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    "title": "CVE-2021-35043",
    "summary": "OWASP AntiSamy before 1.6.4 allows XSS via HTML attributes when using the HTML output serializer (XHTML is not affected). This was demonstrated by a javascript: URL with : as the replacement for the : character.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2021-35043",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "medium",
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