# CVE-2021-32696: Passing in a non-string 'html' argument can lead to unsanitized output

- Also known as: GHSA-QXG5-2QFF-P49R
- Severity: CVSS 3.7 (Low), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 3.2.0
- Published: 2021-06-18 · Updated: 2024-08-03

## Affected

- ericnorris striptags: fixed in 3.2.0
- striptags (npm): fixed in 3.2.0

## Description

The npm package "striptags" is an implementation of PHP's strip_tags in Typescript. In striptags before version 3.2.0, a type-confusion vulnerability can cause `striptags` to concatenate unsanitized strings when an array-like object is passed in as the `html` parameter. This can be abused by an attacker who can control the shape of their input, e.g. if query parameters are passed directly into the function. This can lead to a XSS.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on ericnorris striptags, striptags, upgrade to a fixed version (3.2.0) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/ericnorris/striptags/security/advisories/GHSA-qxg5-2qff-p49r
- https://github.com/ericnorris/striptags/commit/f252a6b0819499cd65403707ebaf5cc925f2faca
- https://github.com/ericnorris/striptags/releases/tag/v3.2.0
- https://www.npmjs.com/package/striptags

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