serialize-javascript from 7.0.1 before 7.1.3 contains a cross-site scripting vulnerability that allows attackers to break out of HTML script elements by ending serialized function source text with an unescaped </script. Attackers controlling a function's source via a spoofed toString() can combine surrounding output delimiters and later values to inject live markup such as img onerror handlers.
Fix
Nothing published yet: no patch, vendor advisory or mitigation reference on NVD, no vendor advisory in the News for this CVE, not in CISA's KEV, no fixed package version. BaselineWatch does not guess at one.
Change history 6
- StatusAwaiting Analysis → PublishedNVD modified 2026-10-23 14:58
- StatusPublished → Awaiting AnalysisNVD modified 2026-10-23 19:45
- StatusReceived → PublishedNVD modified 2026-10-23 14:58
- StatusPublished → ReceivedNVD modified 2026-10-23 15:17
- CVSS2.3 (v4.0, CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N) → 2.3 (v4.0, CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X)NVD modified 2026-10-23 15:17
- First seenCVSS 2.3 · yahooNVD modified 2026-10-23 13:20
Affected (CPE criteria) 0
NVD has not attached CPE configurations yet.
References 5
- https://github.com/yahoo/serialize-javascript/commit/2864b3c6260a3bfd52d2db3e70d1a079de108a61
- https://github.com/yahoo/serialize-javascript/pull/235
- https://github.com/yahoo/serialize-javascript/releases/tag/v7.1.3
- https://github.com/yahoo/serialize-javascript/security/advisories/GHSA-m5mm-p8h7-m29v
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/serialize-javascript-7.0.1-before-7.1.3-xss-via-unescaped-script-in-function-body