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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2017-0928

html-janitor node module suffers from an External Control of Critical State Data vulnerability via user-control of the '_sanitized' variable causing sanitization to be bypassed.

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CVE-2017-0928
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31 Oct 2026, 09:56 UTC · Revision 1

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CVE-2017-0928

core-osv · Original source

Published 4 Jun 2018, 19:29 UTC

html-janitor node module suffers from an External Control of Critical State Data vulnerability via user-control of the '_sanitized' variable causing sanitization to be bypassed.

osv:CVE-2017-0928
Complete source record
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  "method": "structured",
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    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2017-0928",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "medium",
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          "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N"
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      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-20T10:48:54.711430762Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://github.com/guardian/html-janitor/issues/35",
        "https://hackerone.com/reports/308158"
      ],
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    },
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  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 380409,
  "published_at": "2018-06-04T19:29:00.38+00:00"
}