Sanitize vulnerable to Cross-site Scripting via insufficient neutralization of `style` element content

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Severity and exploitation

• CISA KEV Not listed.
• EPSS 0.0071, the 53rd percentile, on 6 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Timeline

This record came from the full history of the GitHub Advisory Database, published 6 Jul 2023. New records show when each source confirmed them.

Sources

• GitHub Advisory Database: GHSA-f5ww-cq3m-q3g7
• OSV: GHSA-f5ww-cq3m-q3g7
• github.com/rgrove/sanitize/security/advisories/GHSA-f5ww-cq3m-q3g7
• nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-36823
• github.com/rgrove/sanitize/commit/76ed46e6dc70820f38efe27de8dabd54dddb5220
• github.com/rgrove/sanitize
• github.com/rgrove/sanitize/releases/tag/v6.0.2
• github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/sanitize/CVE-2023-36823.yml
• lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/11/msg00008.html

Facts on this page come from the GitHub Advisory Database (CC-BY 4.0), OSV and the other sources listed, as published. We don’t reproduce full advisory descriptions, which can contain exploit code.