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GHSA-phph-xpj4-wvcv hexo-admin

GHSA-phph-xpj4-wvcv is a security vulnerability in hexo-admin. No vendor fix is recorded yet; mitigation options are listed below.

Cross-Site Scripting in hexo-admin

Published
Sep 3, 2020
Updated
Sep 29, 2021
Affected
1 pkg
Patched
None yet
Exploits
None indexed
Exploitation data as of Sep 29, 2021 · OSV.dev, FIRST.org (EPSS)

Real-World Exposure

1 pkg affected

How broadly this vulnerability is actually deployed: weekly install volume shows current usage, and reverse-dependency count shows how many other packages break if it stays unpatched.

1other npm packages depend on this — each one inherits the vulnerability until it's patched upstream
hexo-adminnpm
204downloads / week

Description

All versions of hexo-admin are vulnerable to Cross-Site Scripting (XSS). The package fails to sanitize rendered markdown, allowing attackers to execute arbitrary JavaScript in a victim's browser if they are able to create new posts.

Recommendation

No fix is currently available. Consider using an alternative package until a fix is made available.

Affected Packages

1 total
EcosystemPackageVulnerable rangeFix
📦npmhexo-admin0.0.0No fix

Detection & mitigation playbook

Open-source dependency
  1. Detect

    Scan your dependency tree (package-lock.json, pnpm-lock.yaml, requirements.txt, go.sum, etc.) for hexo-admin, including transitive dependencies — a direct dependency you never call can still pull in a vulnerable version.

  2. Remediation status

    No patched version of hexo-admin has shipped for GHSA-phph-xpj4-wvcv yet. Where your build allows, override or pin the dependency away from the vulnerable range, and apply any maintainer-recommended mitigation.

  3. Mitigate without a patch

    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 Security's impact-aware SCA analyses which vulnerable code paths your application actually calls, so a match like GHSA-phph-xpj4-wvcv can be triaged on real exposure rather than presence alone.

Tailored to GHSA-phph-xpj4-wvcv. Runtime protection reduces exposure until a permanent patch is applied and verified — it complements patching, it doesn't replace it.

Frequently Asked Questions

All versions of `hexo-admin` are vulnerable to Cross-Site Scripting (XSS). The package fails to sanitize rendered markdown, allowing attackers to execute arbitrary JavaScript in a victim's browser if they are able to create new posts. ## Recommendation No fix is currently available. Consider using an alternative package until a fix is made available.
O3 Security · Impact-Aware SCA

Is GHSA-phph-xpj4-wvcv in your dependencies?

O3 Security finds GHSA-phph-xpj4-wvcv across npm dependencies, including transitive ones, and its impact-aware SCA ranks findings by whether your code actually calls the vulnerable path.

GHSA-phph-xpj4-wvcv: hexo-admin XSS | O3 Security