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CVE-2014-125128

MEDIUM

6.1

Description

'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.

CVE Details

CVSS v3.1 Score6.1

SeverityMEDIUM

CVSS VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Attack VectorNETWORK

ComplexityLOW

Privileges RequiredNONE

User InteractionREQUIRED

Published9/8/2025

Last Modified9/19/2025

Sourcenvd

Honeypot Sightings0

Affected Products

apostrophecms:sanitize-html

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-79

References

https://github.com/Checkmarx/Vulnerabilities-Proofs-of-Concept/tree/main/2014/CVE-2014-125128(596c5446-0ce5-4ba2-aa66-48b3b757a647)

https://github.com/apostrophecms/sanitize-html/commit/423b90e06e1e85245eccedaabeb3a82840c6cd86(596c5446-0ce5-4ba2-aa66-48b3b757a647)

https://github.com/apostrophecms/sanitize-html/commit/889d4ec968e175f1905b2eb9d33f1fa89217cb02(596c5446-0ce5-4ba2-aa66-48b3b757a647)

https://github.com/apostrophecms/sanitize-html/issues/1(596c5446-0ce5-4ba2-aa66-48b3b757a647)

IOC Correlations

No correlations recorded

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