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Security checkSeptember 08, 2023

Cross-Site Scripting in sanitize-html - sanitize-html

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Medium severitynpmsanitize-html

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Description

Affected versions of sanitize-html are vulnerable to cross-site scripting when allowedTags includes at least one nonTextTag.

Recommendation

Update the sanitize-html package to the latest compatible version. Followings are version details:

  • Affected version(s): <= 1.11.1
  • Patched version(s): 1.11.4

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