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CVE-2014-125128

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Date: September 8, 2025

'sanitize-html' prior to version 1.0.3 is vulnerable to Cross-site Scripting (XSS). The function 'naughtyHref' doesn't properly validate the hyperreference ("href") attribute in anchor tags ("<a>"), allowing bypasses that contain different casings, whitespace characters, or hexadecimal encodings.

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Related Resources (6)

https://github.com/apostrophecms/sanitize-html/commit/423b90e06e1e85245eccedaabeb3a82840c6cd86
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-125128
https://github.com/apostrophecms/sanitize-html/issues/1
https://github.com/Checkmarx/Vulnerabilities-Proofs-of-Concept/tree/main/2014/CVE-2014-125128
https://github.com/apostrophecms/sanitize-html/commit/889d4ec968e175f1905b2eb9d33f1fa89217cb02
https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2014-125128

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Weakness Type (CWE)

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

CWE-79

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Upgrade to version sanitize-html - 1.10.1;https://github.com/apostrophecms/sanitize-html.git - 1.10.1

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CVSS v3.1

Base Score:
Attack Vector (AV): NETWORK
Attack Complexity (AC): LOW
Privileges Required (PR): NONE
User Interaction (UI): REQUIRED
Scope (S): CHANGED
Confidentiality (C): LOW
Integrity (I): LOW
Availability (A): NONE

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