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CVE-2024-21501 Detail

Description

Versions of the package sanitize-html before 2.12.1 are vulnerable to Information Exposure when used on the backend and with the style attribute allowed, allowing enumeration of files in the system (including project dependencies). An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to gather details about the file system structure and dependencies of the targeted server.


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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
https://gist.github.com/Slonser/8b4d061abe6ee1b2e10c7242987674cf CVE, Snyk Exploit  Third Party Advisory 
https://github.com/apostrophecms/apostrophe/discussions/4436 CVE, Snyk Issue Tracking 
https://github.com/apostrophecms/sanitize-html/commit/c5dbdf77fe8b836d3bf4554ea39edb45281ec0b4 CVE, Snyk Patch 
https://github.com/apostrophecms/sanitize-html/pull/650 CVE, Snyk Patch 
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/4EB5JPYRCTS64EA5AMV3INHDPI6I4AW7/ CVE, Snyk Mailing List 
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/P4I5X6V3LYUNBMZ5YOW4BV427TH3IK4S/ CVE, Snyk Mailing List 
https://security.snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JAVA-ORGWEBJARSNPM-6276557 CVE, Snyk Exploit  Third Party Advisory 
https://security.snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-SANITIZEHTML-6256334 CVE, Snyk Exploit  Third Party Advisory 

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-538 Insertion of Sensitive Information into Externally-Accessible File or Directory CISA-ADP  
CWE-200 Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor Snyk  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2024-21501
NVD Published Date:
02/24/2024
NVD Last Modified:
04/25/2025
Source:
Snyk