What is CVE-2017-0928?

CVE-2017-0928 is a medium-severity vulnerability in HackerOne Html-Janitor Node Module, classified under CWE-642. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2018-06-04.

How severe is CVE-2017-0928?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.

Vulnerability in HackerOne Html-Janitor Node Module

CVE-2017-0928

html-janitor node module suffers from an External Control of Critical State Data vulnerability via user-control of the '_sanitized' variable causing sanitization to be bypassed.

Published 2018-06-04 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.1 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.010 (62.9th percentile), scored 2026-10-20.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 63rd percentile — 62.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.010 · newest: 0.010 · change: -0.000

Affected products

HackerOne Html-Janitor Node Module — versions All versions
Theguardian Html-Janitor — versions 2.0.2

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-642

References

hackerone.com/reports/308158 (Third Party Advisory)
github.com/guardian/html-janitor/issues/35 (Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-0928?: CVE-2017-0928 is a medium-severity vulnerability in HackerOne Html-Janitor Node Module, classified under CWE-642. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2018-06-04.
How severe is CVE-2017-0928?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.