CVE-2017-14735

MEDIUM

OWASP AntiSamy < 1.5.7 - Cross-Site Scripting via HTML5 Entity Encoding

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2017-14735. PoCs published by shoucheng3.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This repository contains documentation and source code for AntiSamy, a library for sanitizing HTML and CSS input. It includes details about CVE-2017-14735, which involves a vulnerability in the library's handling of CSS input.

Description

OWASP AntiSamy before 1.5.7 allows XSS via HTML5 entities, as demonstrated by use of &colon; to construct a javascript: URL.

Exploits (1)

nomisec WRITEUP
by shoucheng3 · poc
https://github.com/shoucheng3/nahsra__antisamy_CVE-2017-14735_1-5-6

This repository contains documentation and source code for AntiSamy, a library for sanitizing HTML and CSS input. It includes details about CVE-2017-14735, which involves a vulnerability in the library's handling of CSS input.

Classification
Writeup 90%
Attack Type
Xss
Complexity
Moderate
Reliability
Reliable
Target: AntiSamy (versions prior to 1.5.6)
No auth needed
Prerequisites: Access to an application using a vulnerable version of AntiSamy
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 16, 2026 Full analysis →

References (9)

Core 9
Core References
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105656
Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://github.com/nahsra/antisamy/issues/10

Scores

CVSS v3 6.1
EPSS 0.0068
EPSS Percentile 72.2%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Details

CWE
CWE-79
Status published
Products (2)
antisamy_project/antisamy < 1.5.7
org.owasp.antisamy/antisamy 0 - 1.5.7Maven
Published Sep 25, 2017
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026