CVE-2017-14735 describes a Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in OWASP AntiSamy versions prior to 1.5.7, specifically allowing attackers to bypass sanitization by using HTML5 entities like : to construct malicious javascript: URLs. This vulnerability has a CVSS v3.0 score of 6.1 (Medium), indicating it can be exploited over a network with low attack complexity, requiring user interaction, and potentially leading to low impact on confidentiality and integrity. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, no public exploit code available in common databases like Metasploit or ExploitDB, and it has received negligible community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 1.5.7CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:antisamy_project:antisamy:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.