{"id":"GHSA-h9rv-jmmf-4pgx","summary":"Cross-Site Scripting in serialize-javascript","details":"Versions of `serialize-javascript` prior to 2.1.1 are vulnerable to Cross-Site Scripting (XSS). The package fails to sanitize serialized regular expressions. This vulnerability does not affect Node.js applications.\n\n\n## Recommendation\n\nUpgrade to version 2.1.1 or later.","aliases":["CVE-2019-16769"],"modified":"2026-05-07T05:02:35.696379112Z","published":"2019-12-05T18:44:37Z","database_specific":{"nvd_published_at":null,"cwe_ids":["CWE-79"],"severity":"MODERATE","github_reviewed":true,"github_reviewed_at":"2020-06-16T21:39:51Z"},"references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"https://github.com/yahoo/serialize-javascript/security/advisories/GHSA-h9rv-jmmf-4pgx"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-16769"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-h9rv-jmmf-4pgx"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://www.npmjs.com/advisories/1426"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"serialize-javascript","ecosystem":"npm","purl":"pkg:npm/serialize-javascript"},"ranges":[{"type":"SEMVER","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"2.1.1"}]}],"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2019/12/GHSA-h9rv-jmmf-4pgx/GHSA-h9rv-jmmf-4pgx.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.9.0","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L"}]}