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Security checkJanuary 09, 2023

Cross-Site Scripting in sanitize-html - sanitize-html - GHSA-3j7m-hmh3-9jmp

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Medium severitynpmsanitize-html

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Description

Affected versions of sanitize-html do not sanitize input recursively, which may allow an attacker to execute arbitrary Javascript.

Recommendation

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

  • Affected version(s): < 1.4.3
  • Patched version(s): 1.4.3

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