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CVE-2017-0931

MEDIUM

Cross-Site Scripting in html-janitor

Also known asGHSA-hfj4-96f7-6r5g
Published
Jun 4, 2018
Updated
Jul 15, 2026
Affected
1 pkg
Patched
1 / 1
Exploits
2 known

Blast Radius

1 pkg affected

Weekly download volume for affected packages — a proxy for how broadly this vulnerability is deployed.

html-janitornpm
52Kdownloads / week

Description

html-janitor node module suffers from a Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability via clean() accepting user-controlled values.

Affected Packages

1 total 1 fixed
EcosystemPackageVulnerable rangeFix
📦npmhtml-janitorall versions2.0.3
Exploits & PoCs
2

Research use only. For defensive security, authorized penetration testing, and academic research only. Never execute exploit code against systems without explicit written authorization.

Detection & mitigation playbook

Open-source dependency
  1. Detect

    Scan your dependency tree (package-lock.json, pnpm-lock.yaml, requirements.txt, go.sum, etc.) for html-janitor. O3's reachability analysis confirms whether the vulnerable code path is actually invoked in your application, so you act on real exposure instead of every transitive match.

  2. Fix

    Update html-janitor to 2.0.3 or later, then make sure no transitive (indirect) dependency still pins the vulnerable range — O3 confirms CVE-2017-0931 is resolved across your whole dependency graph.

  3. Workarounds

    If you can't upgrade right away: gate or disable the affected feature, validate untrusted input at the boundary, and avoid passing attacker-controlled data into the vulnerable path. O3's runtime protection blocks exploitation in production as an interim safeguard until the upgrade lands.

  4. How O3 protects you

    O3 pinpoints whether CVE-2017-0931 is reachable in your code and exactly where to fix it, then blocks exploitation in production at runtime until the patched version is deployed.

Tailored to CVE-2017-0931. Runtime protection reduces exposure until a permanent patch is applied and verified — it complements patching, it doesn't replace it.

Frequently Asked Questions

html-janitor node module suffers from a Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability via clean() accepting user-controlled values.
O3 Security · Impact-Aware SCA

Is CVE-2017-0931 in your dependencies?

O3 detects CVE-2017-0931 across npm dependencies and uses function-level reachability to confirm whether the vulnerable code path is actually reachable — not just present. No false positives.