CVE-2017-0931 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

html-janitor node module suffers from a Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability via clean() accepting user-controlled values.

Published: 2018-06-04

Score: 6.1 Medium

EPSS: 1.1% Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

HackerOne

html-janitor node module

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`All versions`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:html-janitor_project:html-janitor:2.0.2:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2018-0755	html-janitor node module suffers from a Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability via clean() accepting user-controlled values.
Github GHSA	GHSA-hfj4-96f7-6r5g	Cross-Site Scripting in html-janitor

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.01063.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://github.com/guardian/html-janitor/issues/34
https://hackerone.com/reports/308155

History

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Subscriptions

Html-janitor Project Html-janitor

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: hackerone

Published: 2018-06-04T19:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-09-17T03:59:01.542Z

Reserved: 2016-11-30T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2017-0931

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2018-06-04T19:29:00.477

Modified: 2026-06-17T00:58:32.920

Link: CVE-2017-0931

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-79
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

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