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GHSA-h9rv-jmmf-4pgx

MEDIUM

GHSA-h9rv-jmmf-4pgx is a medium-severity (CVSS 4.2) Cross-site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in serialize-javascript. O3 Security confirms whether GHSA-h9rv-jmmf-4pgx is actually reachable in your code before you act, and blocks exploitation at runtime until you patch.

Cross-Site Scripting in serialize-javascript

Also known asCVE-2019-16769
Published
Dec 5, 2019
Updated
Mar 13, 2026
Affected
1 pkg
Patched
1 / 1
Exploits
None indexed

Blast Radius

1 pkg affected

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

serialize-javascriptnpm
50.4Mdownloads / week

Description

Versions of serialize-javascript prior to 2.1.1 are vulnerable to Cross-Site Scripting (XSS). The package fails to sanitize serialized regular expressions. This vulnerability does not affect Node.js applications.

Recommendation

Upgrade to version 2.1.1 or later.

Affected Packages

1 total 1 fixed
EcosystemPackageVulnerable rangeFix
📦npmserialize-javascriptall versions2.1.1

Detection & mitigation playbook

Open-source dependency
  1. Detect

    Scan your dependency tree (package-lock.json, pnpm-lock.yaml, requirements.txt, go.sum, etc.) for serialize-javascript. 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 serialize-javascript to 2.1.1 or later, then make sure no transitive (indirect) dependency still pins the vulnerable range — O3 confirms GHSA-h9rv-jmmf-4pgx 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 GHSA-h9rv-jmmf-4pgx 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 GHSA-h9rv-jmmf-4pgx. Runtime protection reduces exposure until a permanent patch is applied and verified — it complements patching, it doesn't replace it.

Frequently Asked Questions

Versions of `serialize-javascript` prior to 2.1.1 are vulnerable to Cross-Site Scripting (XSS). The package fails to sanitize serialized regular expressions. This vulnerability does not affect Node.js applications. ## Recommendation Upgrade to version 2.1.1 or later.
O3 Security · Impact-Aware SCA

Is GHSA-h9rv-jmmf-4pgx in your dependencies?

O3 detects GHSA-h9rv-jmmf-4pgx across npm dependencies and uses function-level reachability to confirm whether the vulnerable code path is actually reachable — not just present. No false positives.