Description
The express-xss-sanitizer (aka Express XSS Sanitizer) package through 2.0.0 for Node.js has an unbounded recursion depth in sanitize in lib/sanitize.js for a JSON request body.
Scores
CVSS v3
5.3
EPSS
0.0001
EPSS Percentile
0.4%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
CISA SSVC
Vulnrichment
Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical Impact
partial
Details
CWE
CWE-674
Status
published
Products (2)
Express XSS Sanitizer project/Express XSS Sanitizer
2.0.0
npm/express-xss-sanitizer
0 - 2.0.1npm
Published
Sep 14, 2025
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026