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Vulnerability details: VCID-wkp2-3qm6-euah
Vulnerability ID VCID-wkp2-3qm6-euah
Aliases CVE-2017-16016
GHSA-xc6g-ggrc-qq4r
Summary Cross-Site Scripting in sanitize-html
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 6.2
Risk 3.1
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (3)
CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
CWE-1035 OWASP Top Ten 2017 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities
CWE-937 OWASP Top Ten 2013 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities
System Score Found at
epss 0.00286 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-16016
epss 0.00286 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-16016
epss 0.00286 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-16016
epss 0.00286 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-16016
cvssv3.1_qr MODERATE https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-xc6g-ggrc-qq4r
generic_textual MODERATE https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-xc6g-ggrc-qq4r
generic_textual MODERATE https://github.com/punkave/sanitize-html/commit/5d205a1005ba0df80e21d8c64a15bb3accdb2403
generic_textual MODERATE https://github.com/punkave/sanitize-html/commit/5d205a1005ba0df80e21d8c64a15bb3accdb2403)))
generic_textual MODERATE https://github.com/punkave/sanitize-html/issues/100
generic_textual MODERATE https://npmjs.com/package/sanitize-html#discarding-the-entire-contents-of-a-disallowed-tag
generic_textual MODERATE https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-16016
generic_textual MODERATE https://www.npmjs.com/advisories/154
Reference id Reference type URL
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-16016
https://github.com/punkave/sanitize-html/commit/5d205a1005ba0df80e21d8c64a15bb3accdb2403
https://github.com/punkave/sanitize-html/commit/5d205a1005ba0df80e21d8c64a15bb3accdb2403)))
https://github.com/punkave/sanitize-html/issues/100
https://npmjs.com/package/sanitize-html#discarding-the-entire-contents-of-a-disallowed-tag
https://www.npmjs.com/advisories/154
CVE-2017-16016 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-16016
GHSA-xc6g-ggrc-qq4r https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-xc6g-ggrc-qq4r
No exploits are available.
Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.52387
EPSS Score 0.00286
Published At June 11, 2026, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2026-06-11T20:24:49.071480+00:00 GHSA Importer Import https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-xc6g-ggrc-qq4r 38.6.0