Description
Document.createElement() in @xmldom/xmldom accepts arbitrary strings as the tagName parameter with zero validation. The serializer emits the tag name verbatim into XML/HTML output.
Recommendation
Update the @xmldom/xmldom package to the latest compatible version. Followings are version details:
Affected version(s): **>= 0.7.0, <= 0.8.13 >= 0.9.0, <= 0.9.10** Patched version(s): **0.8.14 0.9.11**
References
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