CVE-2017-16010 - CVE House
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Status published Medium CVE-2017-16010

i18next is a language translation framework. When using the .init...

Vulnerability Description

i18next is a language translation framework. When using the .init method, passing interpolation options without passing an escapeValue will default to undefined rather than the assumed true. This can result in a cross-site scripting vulnerability because user input is assumed to be escaped, but is not. This vulnerability affects i18next 2.0.0 and later.

Impact Analysis

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Remediation

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Credits & Attribution

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

Affected Vendor

Affected Software

i18next node module
Vulnerable Versions:
>=2.0.0 <=3.4.3

Timeline

Official Publish: May 29th, 2018
Last Modified: September 16th, 2024
Added to House: July 20th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Weaknesses (CWE)