{"id":"GHSA-cx3j-qqxj-9597","summary":"Critters Cross-site Scripting Vulnerability","details":"### Impact\nCritters 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.\n\n### Patches\nThe bug has been fixed in `v0.0.20`.\n\n### Workarounds\nUpgrading Critters version to `\u003e0.0.20` is the easiest fix. This is a non breaking version upgrade so we recommend all users to use `v0.0.20`.","aliases":["CVE-2023-3481"],"modified":"2026-05-04T08:46:01.804635790Z","published":"2023-08-11T18:57:53Z","database_specific":{"github_reviewed":true,"github_reviewed_at":"2023-08-11T18:57:53Z","nvd_published_at":"2023-08-21T11:15:07Z","cwe_ids":["CWE-116","CWE-79","CWE-80"],"severity":"MODERATE"},"references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"https://github.com/GoogleChromeLabs/critters/security/advisories/GHSA-cx3j-qqxj-9597"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-3481"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://github.com/GoogleChromeLabs/critters/pull/133"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://github.com/GoogleChromeLabs/critters/commit/7757902c9e0b3285d516359b3cb602cd9d50d80e"},{"type":"PACKAGE","url":"https://github.com/GoogleChromeLabs/critters"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"critters","ecosystem":"npm","purl":"pkg:npm/critters"},"ranges":[{"type":"SEMVER","events":[{"introduced":"0.0.17"},{"fixed":"0.0.20"}]}],"database_specific":{"last_known_affected_version_range":"\u003c= 0.0.19","source":"https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2023/08/GHSA-cx3j-qqxj-9597/GHSA-cx3j-qqxj-9597.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.9.0","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N"}]}