html5lib@1.0b2 vulnerabilities

HTML parser based on the WHATWG HTML specification

  • latest version

    1.1

  • latest non vulnerable version

  • first published

    12 years ago

  • latest version published

    4 years ago

  • licenses detected

  • Direct Vulnerabilities

    Known vulnerabilities in the html5lib package. This does not include vulnerabilities belonging to this package’s dependencies.

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    VulnerabilityVulnerable Version
    • M
    Cross-site Scripting (XSS)

    Affected versions of html5lib are vulnerable to Cross-site Scripting (XSS) attacks.

    The serializer in html5lib before 0.99999999 might allow remote attackers to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks by leveraging mishandling of the < (less than) character in attribute values.

    How to fix Cross-site Scripting (XSS)?

    Upgrade html5lib to version 1.0b9 or higher.

    [,0.99999999)[1.0b1,1.0b9)
    • M
    Cross-site Scripting (XSS)

    html5lib is a HTML parser based on the WHATWG HTML specification.

    Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Cross-site Scripting (XSS) attacks. The serializer in html5lib before 0.99999999 might allow remote attackers to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks by leveraging mishandling of special characters in attribute values, a different vulnerability than CVE-2016-9909.

    [,0.99999999)[1.0b1,1.0b9)