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.
CVE-2024-21501 - Medium Severity Vulnerability
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-1.26.0.tgz
Path to dependency file: /node_modules/sanitize-html/package.json
Path to vulnerable library: /node_modules/sanitize-html/package.json
Dependency Hierarchy: - :x: **sanitize-html-1.26.0.tgz** (Vulnerable Library)
Found in HEAD commit: 0c22b39b4f64e2bf88c2b59e4e09bc0b140c91e6
Found in base branch: develop
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.
Publish Date: 2024-02-24
URL: CVE-2024-21501
Base Score Metrics: - Exploitability Metrics: - Attack Vector: Network - Attack Complexity: Low - Privileges Required: None - User Interaction: None - Scope: Unchanged - Impact Metrics: - Confidentiality Impact: Low - Integrity Impact: None - Availability Impact: None
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Origin: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-21501
Release Date: 2024-02-24
Fix Resolution: 2.12.1