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node-sanitize-html — security advisory
'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 (``), allowing bypasses that contain different casings, whitespace characters, or hexadecimal encodings.
- Products
- node-sanitize-html
- Affected versions
- 2.14.0+~2.13.0-1, 2.17.0+~2.16.1-1, 2.6.1-1, 2.8.0+~2.6.2-1
- Fixed versions
- Not specified
- CVEs
- CVE-2014-125128
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 31 Oct 2026, 00:21 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
'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 (``), allowing bypasses that contain different casings, whitespace characters, or hexadecimal encodings.
osv:UBUNTU-CVE-2014-125128
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Complete source record
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