CVE-2026-33979
March 27, 2026
Express XSS Sanitizer is Express 4.x and 5.x middleware which sanitizes user input data (in req.body, req.query, req.headers and req.params) to prevent Cross Site Scripting (XSS) attack. A vulnerability has been identified in versions prior to 2.0.2 where restrictive sanitization configurations are silently ignored. In version 2.0.2, the validation logic has been updated to respect explicitly provided empty configurations. Now, if allowedTags or allowedAttributes are provided (even if empty), they are passed directly to sanitize-html without being overridden.
Affected Packages
https://github.com/AhmedAdelFahim/express-xss-sanitizer.git (GITHUB):
Affected version(s) >=v1.1.0 <v2.0.2Fix Suggestion:
Update to version v2.0.2https://github.com/AhmedAdelFahim/express-xss-sanitizer.git (GITHUB):
Affected version(s) >=v1.1.0 <v2.0.2Fix Suggestion:
Update to version v2.0.2https://github.com/AhmedAdelFahim/express-xss-sanitizer.git (GITHUB):
Affected version(s) >=v1.1.0 <v2.0.2Fix Suggestion:
Update to version v2.0.2https://github.com/AhmedAdelFahim/express-xss-sanitizer.git (GITHUB):
Affected version(s) >=v1.1.0 <v2.0.2Fix Suggestion:
Update to version v2.0.2https://github.com/AhmedAdelFahim/express-xss-sanitizer.git (GITHUB):
Affected version(s) >=v1.1.0 <v2.0.2Fix Suggestion:
Update to version v2.0.2https://github.com/AhmedAdelFahim/express-xss-sanitizer.git (GITHUB):
Affected version(s) >=v1.1.0 <v2.0.2Fix Suggestion:
Update to version v2.0.2express-xss-sanitizer (NPM):
Affected version(s) >=1.0.0 <2.0.2Fix Suggestion:
Update to version 2.0.2express-xss-sanitizer (NPM):
Affected version(s) >=1.0.0 <2.0.2Fix Suggestion:
Update to version 2.0.2express-xss-sanitizer (NPM):
Affected version(s) >=1.0.0 <2.0.2Fix Suggestion:
Update to version 2.0.2express-xss-sanitizer (NPM):
Affected version(s) >=1.0.0 <2.0.2Fix Suggestion:
Update to version 2.0.2express-xss-sanitizer (NPM):
Affected version(s) >=1.0.0 <2.0.2Fix Suggestion:
Update to version 2.0.2express-xss-sanitizer (NPM):
Affected version(s) >=1.0.0 <2.0.2Fix Suggestion:
Update to version 2.0.2Related Resources (4)
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Contact UsCVSS v4
Base Score:
8.8
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Attack Requirements
NONE
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Vulnerable System Confidentiality
LOW
Vulnerable System Integrity
HIGH
Vulnerable System Availability
NONE
Subsequent System Confidentiality
NONE
Subsequent System Integrity
NONE
Subsequent System Availability
NONE
CVSS v3
Base Score:
8.2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
LOW
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
NONE
Weakness Type (CWE)
EPSS
Base Score:
0.01