GHSA-cx3j-qqxj-9597

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    GHSA-cx3j-qqxj-9597

    Published: 11 Aug 2023Last Modified: 4 May 2026
    Aliases:
    CVE-2023-3481

    Summary: Critters Cross-site Scripting Vulnerability

    Details: ### Impact Critters version 0.0.17-0.0.19 have an issue when parsing the HTML which leads to a potential [cross-site scripting (XSS)](https://owasp.org/www-community/attacks/xss/) bug. ### Patches The bug has been fixed in `v0.0.20`. ### Workarounds Upgrading Critters version to `>0.0.20` is the easiest fix. This is a non breaking version upgrade so we recommend all users to use `v0.0.20`.

    References: https://github.com/GoogleChromeLabs/critters/security/advisories/GHSA-cx3j-qqxj-9597, https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-3481, https://github.com/GoogleChromeLabs/critters/pull/133, https://github.com/GoogleChromeLabs/critters/commit/7757902c9e0b3285d516359b3cb602cd9d50d80e, https://github.com/GoogleChromeLabs/critters

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: critters

    Purl: pkg:npm/critters

    Affected ranges

    Type: SEMVER

    Events:

    Introduced- 0.0.17
    Fixed -0.0.20

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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