What is CVE-2019-25225?

CVE-2019-25225 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Apostrophecms Sanitize-html, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2025-09-08.

How severe is CVE-2019-25225?

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

XSS in Apostrophecms Sanitize-html

CVE-2019-25225

`sanitize-html` prior to version 2.0.0-beta is vulnerable to Cross-site Scripting (XSS). The `sanitizeHtml()` function in `index.js` does not sanitize content when using the custom `transformTags` option, which is intended to convert attri…

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.003 (16.3th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.1 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Apostrophecms Sanitize-html

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

596c5446-0ce5-4ba2-aa66-48b3b757a647 (issue-tracking, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory)
596c5446-0ce5-4ba2-aa66-48b3b757a647 (Patch, Issue Tracking)
596c5446-0ce5-4ba2-aa66-48b3b757a647 (Patch, patch)
596c5446-0ce5-4ba2-aa66-48b3b757a647 (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, exploit)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-25225?: CVE-2019-25225 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Apostrophecms Sanitize-html, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2025-09-08.
How severe is CVE-2019-25225?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.