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GHSA-9q5w-79cv-947m

CriticalCVSS 10 / 10
Published Sep 7, 2021·Last modified Mar 13, 2026
Affected Components(0)

No affected components available

Description

Impact

The documentation of remark-html has mentioned that it was safe by default. In practise the default was never safe and had to be opted into. This means arbitrary HTML can be passed through leading to potential XSS attacks.

Patches

The problem has been patched in 13.0.2 and 14.0.1: remark-html is now safe by default, and the implementation matches the documentation.

Workarounds

On older affected versions, pass sanitize: true, like so:

-  .use(remarkHtml)
+  .use(remarkHtml, {sanitize: true})

References

n/a

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Risk Scores
Base Score
10.0

The vulnerability can be exploited over the network without needing physical access. It is easy for an attacker to exploit this vulnerability. An attacker does not need any special privileges or access rights. No user interaction is needed for the attacker to exploit this vulnerability. The vulnerability can affect other systems as well, not just the initial system. There is a high impact on the confidentiality of the information. There is a high impact on the integrity of the data.

Threat Intelligence
9.1

Active exploitation in the wild has been confirmed. Immediate patching or mitigation is required.

EPSS
1.07%

The exploit probability is very low. The vulnerability is unlikely to be exploited in the next 30 days.

Exploit
Not available

We did not find any exploit available. Neither in GitHub repositories nor in the Exploit-Database.

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