CVE-2017-0928
Bypassing Sanitization using DOM clobbering in html-janitor
html-janitor node module suffers from an External Control of Critical State Data vulnerability via user-control of the '_sanitized' variable causing sanitization to be bypassed.
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 an External Control of Critical State Data vulnerability via user-control of the '_sanitized' variable causing sanitization to be bypassed.
- Record
CVE-2017-0928- CVSS 3.0
- 6.1 Medium
CVSS:3.0/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-642
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
html-janitor node module suffers from an External Control of Critical State Data vulnerability via user-control of the '_sanitized' variable causing sanitization to be bypassed.
- Record
CVE-2017-0928- Weakness
- CWE-642
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2018-0266 No score
html-janitor node module suffers from an External Control of Critical State Data vulnerability via user-control of the '_sanitized' variable causing sanitization to be bypassed.
- Record
EUVD-2018-0266- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-fx46-whrj-73v5
Bypassing Sanitization using DOM clobbering in html-janitor
All versions of html-janitor are vulnerable to cross-site scripting (XSS).
Arbitrary HTML can pass the sanitization process, which can be unexpected and dangerous (XSS) in case user-controlled input is passed to the clean function."
Recommendation
Upgrade to version 2.0.4 or later.
- Record
GHSA-fx46-whrj-73v5- CVSS 3.0
- 6.1 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-547, CWE-642
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV
html-janitor node module suffers from an External Control of Critical State Data vulnerability via user-control of the '_sanitized' variable causing sanitization to be bypassed.
- Record
CVE-2017-0928- CVSS 3.0
- 6.1 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVGHSA-fx46-whrj-73v5
Bypassing Sanitization using DOM clobbering in html-janitor
All versions of html-janitor are vulnerable to cross-site scripting (XSS).
Arbitrary HTML can pass the sanitization process, which can be unexpected and dangerous (XSS) in case user-controlled input is passed to the clean function."
Recommendation
Upgrade to version 2.0.4 or later.
- Record
GHSA-fx46-whrj-73v5- CVSS 3.0
- 6.1 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-547, CWE-642
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Affected packages
| Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|
html-janitornpm |
before 2.0.4 | 2.0.4 |
html-janitornpm |
All versions | None known |
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-2017-0928 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 1.02%, the 63rd percentile. Fixed in html-janitor 2.0.4.