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CVE-2016-10531

CVE-2016-10531:
Sanitization bypass using HTML Entities in marked

6.1

CVSS Score
3.0

Basic Information

CVE ID
CVE-2016-10531
GHSA ID
GHSA-vfvf-mqq8-rwqc
EPSS Score
0.52016%
CWE
CWE-79
Published
2/18/2019
Updated
9/7/2023
KEV Status
No
Technology
TechnologyJavaScript

Technical Details

CVSS Vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Package NameEcosystemVulnerable VersionsFirst Patched Version
markednpm< 0.3.60.3.6

Vulnerability Intelligence
Miggo AIMiggo AI

Miggo AIRoot Cause Analysis

The vulnerability stems from how marked's unescape function processed HTML entities in link URIs. The original regex matched entities on a best-effort basis, failing to properly validate semicolon termination and entity syntax. This allowed attackers to craft URIs where HTML entities decode to 'javascript:' after sanitization checks, but before final rendering. The commit 2cff859 explicitly tightens the entity regex pattern to prevent this bypass.

Vulnerable functions

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WAF Protection Rules

WAF Rule

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Reasoning

T** vuln*r**ility st*ms *rom *ow m*rk**'s un*s**p* `*un*tion` pro**ss** *TML *ntiti*s in link URIs. T** ori*in*l `r***x` m*t**** *ntiti*s on * **st-***ort **sis, **ilin* to prop*rly `v*li**t*` s*mi*olon t*rmin*tion *n* *ntity synt*x. T*is *llow** *tt