CVE-2016-10006: OWASP AntiSamy vulnerable to Cross-site Scripting

October 18, 2018 (updated April 14, 2025)

In OWASP AntiSamy before 1.5.5, by submitting a specially crafted input (a tag that supports style with active content), you could bypass the library protections and supply executable code. The impact is XSS.

References

github.com/advisories/GHSA-683w-6h9j-57wq
github.com/nahsra/antisamy
github.com/nahsra/antisamy/issues/2
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-10006
web.archive.org/web/20170214025813/http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95101
web.archive.org/web/20201207192053/http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037532

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