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Security checkJanuary 27, 2023

Cross-site Scripting in sanitize-url

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Medium severitynpm@braintree/sanitize-url

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Description

The package @braintree/sanitize-url before 6.0.0 is vulnerable to Cross-site Scripting (XSS) due to improper sanitization in the sanitizeUrl function.

Recommendation

Update the @braintree/sanitize-url package to the latest compatible version. Followings are version details:

  • Affected version(s): < 6.0.0
  • Patched version(s): 6.0.0

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