{"cve":"CVE-2017-16016","nvd":{"published":"2018-06-04T19:29:01.023","modified":"2026-06-17T01:08:38.803","status":"Modified","description":"Sanitize-html is a library for scrubbing html input of malicious values. Versions 1.11.1 and below are vulnerable to cross site scripting (XSS) in certain scenarios: If allowed at least one nonTextTags, the result is a potential XSS vulnerability.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.0","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N","score":6.1},"cwes":["CWE-79"],"references":["https://github.com/punkave/sanitize-html/commit/5d205a1005ba0df80e21d8c64a15bb3accdb2403","https://github.com/punkave/sanitize-html/issues/100","https://nodesecurity.io/advisories/154","https://github.com/punkave/sanitize-html/commit/5d205a1005ba0df80e21d8c64a15bb3accdb2403","https://github.com/punkave/sanitize-html/issues/100"],"products":["punkave:sanitize-html"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T20:50:40.212176939+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2017-16016","score":0.01336,"percentile":0.71222,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[{"id":"GHSA-xc6g-ggrc-qq4r","url":"https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-xc6g-ggrc-qq4r","summary":"Cross-Site Scripting in sanitize-html","modified":"2023-11-08T03:58:59.829428Z","packages":[{"ecosystem":"npm","name":"sanitize-html","purl":"pkg:npm/sanitize-html","ranges":["<1.11.4"],"fixed":["1.11.4"]}]}],"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."]}