Description
The package allows attacker-controlled comment content to be serialized into XML without validating or neutralizing comment breaking sequences. As a result, an attacker can terminate the comment early and inject arbitrary XML nodes into the serialized output.
Recommendation
Update the @xmldom/xmldom package to the latest compatible version. Followings are version details:
Affected version(s): **>= 0.9.0, < 0.9.10 < 0.8.13** Patched version(s): **0.9.10 0.8.13**
References
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