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Security checkNovember 06, 2023

Cross-Site Scripting in serialize-to-js

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Description

Versions of serialize-to-js prior to 3.0.1 are vulnerable to Cross-Site Scripting (XSS). The package fails to sanitize serialized regular expressions. This vulnerability does not affect Node.js applications.

Recommendation

Update the serialize-to-js package to the latest compatible version. Followings are version details:

  • Affected version(s): < 3.0.1
  • Patched version(s): 3.0.1

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