Insecure Defaults Affecting dompurify package, versions <0.3


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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  • Snyk IDnpm:dompurify:20140308
  • published24 Apr 2017
  • disclosed7 Mar 2014
  • creditcure53

Introduced: 7 Mar 2014

CVE NOT AVAILABLE CWE-79  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade dompurify to version 0.3 or higher.

Overview

dompurify is a DOM-only XSS sanitizer for HTML, MathML and SVG. Affected versions of the package are vulnerable to Cross-site Scripting (XSS) and DOM Clobbering due to Insecure Defaults. The default configuration allowed DOM Clobbering when used by a sanitized website. The default was changed to pevent such situations.

You can read more about Insecure Defaults on our blog.

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