Cross-Site Scripting in html-pages

Also known as GHSA-5p26-hw7f-3cpr

Published 7 y ago 2019-02-01 · modified 4 mo ago 2026-06-17 · JSON

CVSS

6.1

v3.0 · NVD

CISA KEV

not known exploited

EPSS

0.7%

percentile 53%

Public exploits

none known

A XSS vulnerability was found in html-page <=2.1.1 that allows malicious Javascript code to be executed in the user's browser due to the absence of sanitization of the paths before rendering.

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

0.69% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 53% of all scored CVEs.

CVSS scores

Assigned by	Version	Score	Vector
NVD	3.0	6.1	`CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N`
NVD	2.0	4.3	`AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N`
GitHub	3.0	6.1	`CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N`

Affected packages

Ecosystem	Package	Affected	Fixed in
npm	`html-pages`	<=3.1.0	no fix listed

Affected products

HackerOne html-pages

Classification

Weakness

CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation
CWE-64 Windows Shortcut Following (.LNK)

References

hackerone.com /reports/330356 · x_refsource_MISC, x_transferred
nvd.nist.gov /vuln/detail/CVE-2018-16481 · advisory
npmjs.com /advisories/1001 · web

Sources

CVE List: CVE-2018-16481
GitHub Advisory: GHSA-5p26-hw7f-3cpr
NVD: CVE-2018-16481

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Summary