{"cve":"CVE-2016-10537","nvd":{"published":"2018-05-31T20:29:01.317","modified":"2026-06-17T00:39:53.900","status":"Modified","description":"backbone is a module that adds in structure to a JavaScript heavy application through key-value pairs and custom events connecting to your RESTful API through JSON There exists a potential Cross Site Scripting vulnerability in the `Model#Escape` function of backbone 0.3.3 and earlier, if a user is able to supply input. This is due to the regex that's replacing things to miss the conversion of things such as `<` to `<`.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.0","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N","score":5.4},"cwes":["CWE-79"],"references":["https://github.com/jashkenas/backbone/compare/0.3.3...0.5.0#diff-0d56d0d310de7ff18b3cef9c2f8f75dcL1008","https://nodesecurity.io/advisories/108","https://github.com/jashkenas/backbone/compare/0.3.3...0.5.0#diff-0d56d0d310de7ff18b3cef9c2f8f75dcL1008","https://nodesecurity.io/advisories/108"],"products":["backbone_project:backbone"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T20:50:40.212176939+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2016-10537","score":0.00675,"percentile":0.52231,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[{"id":"GHSA-j6p2-cx3w-6jcp","url":"https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-j6p2-cx3w-6jcp","summary":"Cross-Site Scripting in backbone","modified":"2026-02-03T03:07:13.937421Z","packages":[{"ecosystem":"npm","name":"backbone","purl":"pkg:npm/backbone","ranges":[">=0.3.3 <0.5.0"],"fixed":["0.5.0"]}]}],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}