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CVE-2017-16016

20
FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-16016 describes a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in versions 1.11.1 and below of the punkave sanitize-html library, occurring when the library is configured to allow at least one nonTextTag. This medium-severity vulnerability (CVSS 6.1) can be exploited remotely with low attack complexity, requiring user interaction, and could lead to limited confidentiality and integrity impacts. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 1.11.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:punkave:sanitize-html:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

6.1MEDIUM

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
LOW
Integrity Impact
LOW
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
2.7
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.36%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
68.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0136 is in the 81st percentile among its peer group of 26,219 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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.

Media 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.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (2)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
npmpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: sanitize-htmlFixed in: 1.11.4

Vendor Advisories (1)

npmGHSA-xc6g-ggrc-qq4rmedium

Cross-Site Scripting in sanitize-html

Nov 9, 2018

References

github.com / punkave/sanitize-html/commit/5d205a1005ba0df80e21d8c64a15bb3accdb2403
Patch
github.com / punkave/sanitize-html/issues/100
ExploitIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
nodesecurity.io / advisories/154
ExploitThird Party Advisory