CVE-2014-125128 - 'sanitize-html' prior to version 1.0.3 is vulnerable to Cross-site Scripting (XSS)

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MEDIUM

'sanitize-html' prior to version 1.0.3 is vulnerable to Cross-site Scripting (XSS)

Published Sep 8, 2025

6.1

MEDIUM

CVSS 3.1

EPSS 0.27%

Description

'sanitize-html' prior to version 1.0.3 is vulnerable to Cross-site Scripting (XSS). The function 'naughtyHref' doesn't properly validate the hyperreference (`href`) attribute in anchor tags (`<a>`), allowing bypasses that contain different casings, whitespace characters, or hexadecimal encodings.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Weaknesses (1)

CWE-79

Cross-site Scripting (XSS)

References (4)

https://github.com/Checkmarx/Vulnerabilities-Proofs-of-Concept/tree/main/2014/CVE-2014-125128
exploitThird Party Advisory
https://github.com/apostrophecms/sanitize-html/commit/423b90e06e1e85245eccedaabeb3a82840c6cd86
patch
https://github.com/apostrophecms/sanitize-html/commit/889d4ec968e175f1905b2eb9d33f1fa89217cb02
patch
https://github.com/apostrophecms/sanitize-html/issues/1
issue-trackingIssue TrackingVendor Advisory

Link	Providers	Tags
https://github.com/Checkmarx/Vulnerabilities-Proofs-of-Concept/tree/main/2014/CVE-2014-125128		exploitThird Party Advisory
https://github.com/apostrophecms/sanitize-html/commit/423b90e06e1e85245eccedaabeb3a82840c6cd86		patch
https://github.com/apostrophecms/sanitize-html/commit/889d4ec968e175f1905b2eb9d33f1fa89217cb02		patch
https://github.com/apostrophecms/sanitize-html/issues/1		issue-trackingIssue TrackingVendor Advisory