VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2017-16017
sanitize-html is a library for scrubbing html input for malicious values Versions 1.2.2 and below have a cross site scripting vulnerability.
MEDIUM 6.1EPSS 1.17%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (1.17%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
sanitize-html is a library for scrubbing html input for malicious values Versions 1.2.2 and below have a cross site scripting vulnerability.
- CVSS 3.0
- 6.1 MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
- EPSS
- 1.17% probability · 67th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-79
- Affected
- punkave/sanitize-html
- Source
- support@hackerone.com
EPSS 1.2% since 27 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- https://github.com/punkave/sanitize-html/issues/19Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/punkave/sanitize-html/pull/20Issue Tracking
- https://nodesecurity.io/advisories/155Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/punkave/sanitize-html/issues/19Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/punkave/sanitize-html/pull/20Issue Tracking
- https://nodesecurity.io/advisories/155Exploit, Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.