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CVE-2016-10537: Cross-Site Scripting in backbone

February 18, 2019 (updated January 16, 2026)

Affected versions of backbone are vulnerable to cross-site scripting when users are allowed to supply input to the Model#Escape function, and the output is then written to the DOM.

The vulnerability occurs as a result of the regular expression used to encode metacharacters failing to take HTML Entities such as < into account.

References

  • backbonejs.org/
  • github.com/advisories/GHSA-j6p2-cx3w-6jcp
  • github.com/jashkenas/backbone
  • github.com/jashkenas/backbone/blame/0cdc525961d3fa98e810ffae6bcc8e3838e36d93/backbone.js
  • github.com/jashkenas/backbone/commit/0cdc525961d3fa98e810ffae6bcc8e3838e36d93
  • github.com/jashkenas/backbone/commit/7ae0384120c2552e1c426cda7fb02fdce6ef1076
  • github.com/jashkenas/backbone/compare/0.3.3...0.5.0
  • nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-10537

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Affected versions

All versions starting from 0.3.3 before 0.5.0

Fixed versions

  • 0.5.0

Solution

Upgrade to version 0.5.0 or above.

Impact 5.4 MEDIUM

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

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Weakness

  • CWE-79: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

Source file

npm/backbone/CVE-2016-10537.yml

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