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sanitize-html Information Exposure vulnerability

Moderate severity GitHub Reviewed Published Feb 24, 2024 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Aug 28, 2024

Package

npm sanitize-html (npm)

Affected versions

< 2.12.1

Patched versions

2.12.1

Description

Versions of the package sanitize-html before 2.12.1 are vulnerable to Information Exposure when used on the backend and with the style attribute allowed, allowing enumeration of files in the system (including project dependencies). An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to gather details about the file system structure and dependencies of the targeted server.

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database Feb 24, 2024
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database Feb 24, 2024
Reviewed Mar 1, 2024
Last updated Aug 28, 2024

Severity

Moderate

CVSS overall score

This score calculates overall vulnerability severity from 0 to 10 and is based on the Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS).
/ 10

CVSS v3 base metrics

Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
None
Availability
None

CVSS v3 base metrics

Attack vector: More severe the more the remote (logically and physically) an attacker can be in order to exploit the vulnerability.
Attack complexity: More severe for the least complex attacks.
Privileges required: More severe if no privileges are required.
User interaction: More severe when no user interaction is required.
Scope: More severe when a scope change occurs, e.g. one vulnerable component impacts resources in components beyond its security scope.
Confidentiality: More severe when loss of data confidentiality is highest, measuring the level of data access available to an unauthorized user.
Integrity: More severe when loss of data integrity is the highest, measuring the consequence of data modification possible by an unauthorized user.
Availability: More severe when the loss of impacted component availability is highest.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

EPSS score

0.044%
(15th percentile)

Weaknesses

CVE ID

CVE-2024-21501

GHSA ID

GHSA-rm97-x556-q36h

Source code

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