CVE-2022-25887 (Medium) detected in sanitize-html-1.18.2.tgz

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CVE-2022-25887 - Medium Severity Vulnerability

Vulnerable Library - sanitize-html-1.18.2.tgz

Clean up user-submitted HTML, preserving whitelisted elements and whitelisted attributes on a per-element basis

Library home page: https://registry.npmjs.org/sanitize-html/-/sanitize-html-1.18.2.tgz

Path to dependency file: /package.json

Path to vulnerable library: /node_modules/sanitize-html/package.json

Dependency Hierarchy: - react-jhipster-0.7.0.tgz (Root Library) - :x: **sanitize-html-1.18.2.tgz** (Vulnerable Library)

Found in HEAD commit: 3f6d614029f4d6cfdddfcef8468949cb7822503c

Found in base branch: master

Vulnerability Details

The package sanitize-html before 2.7.1 are vulnerable to Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) due to insecure global regular expression replacement logic of HTML comment removal.

Publish Date: 2022-08-30

URL: CVE-2022-25887

CVSS 3 Score Details (5.3)

Base Score Metrics: - Exploitability Metrics: - Attack Vector: Network - Attack Complexity: Low - Privileges Required: None - User Interaction: None - Scope: Unchanged - Impact Metrics: - Confidentiality Impact: None - Integrity Impact: None - Availability Impact: Low

For more information on CVSS3 Scores, click here.

Suggested Fix

Type: Upgrade version

Origin: https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2022-25887

Release Date: 2022-08-30

Fix Resolution (sanitize-html): 2.7.1

Direct dependency fix Resolution (react-jhipster): 0.14.0

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