CVE-2017-0931
Cross-Site Scripting in html-janitor
html-janitor node module suffers from a Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability via clean() accepting user-controlled values.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- Required
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
html-janitor node module suffers from a Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability via clean() accepting user-controlled values.
- Record
CVE-2017-0931- CVSS 3.1
- 6.1 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N - CVSS 2.0
- 4.3 Medium
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
html-janitor node module suffers from a Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability via clean() accepting user-controlled values.
- Record
CVE-2017-0931- Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2018-0755 No score
html-janitor node module suffers from a Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability via clean() accepting user-controlled values.
- Record
EUVD-2018-0755- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-hfj4-96f7-6r5g
Cross-Site Scripting in html-janitor
Versions of html-janitor prior to 2.0.2 (all current versions) are vulnerable to cross-site scripting (XSS).
This is exploitable if user-controlled data is passed into the modules clean() function.
Recommendation
No fix is currently available for this vulnerability. It is recommended to use an alternative module for HTML sanitization.
- Record
GHSA-hfj4-96f7-6r5g- CVSS 3.1
- 6.1 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV
html-janitor node module suffers from a Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability via clean() accepting user-controlled values.
- Record
CVE-2017-0931- CVSS 3.1
- 6.1 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVGHSA-hfj4-96f7-6r5g
Cross-Site Scripting in html-janitor
Versions of html-janitor prior to 2.0.2 (all current versions) are vulnerable to cross-site scripting (XSS).
This is exploitable if user-controlled data is passed into the modules clean() function.
Recommendation
No fix is currently available for this vulnerability. It is recommended to use an alternative module for HTML sanitization.
- Record
GHSA-hfj4-96f7-6r5g- CVSS 3.1
- 6.1 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Affected packages
| Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|
html-janitornpm |
before 2.0.3 | 2.0.3 |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2017-0931 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.1) in Hackerone Html-janitor Node Module, published June 4, 2018. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.05%, the 64th percentile. Fixed in html-janitor 2.0.3.