Medium severity6.1NVD Advisory· Published Jun 4, 2018· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2017-16015
CVE-2017-16015
Description
Forms is a library for easily creating HTML forms. Versions before 1.3.0 did not have proper html escaping. This means that if the application did not sanitize html on behalf of forms, use of forms may be vulnerable to cross site scripting
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Affected packages
Versions sourced from the GitHub Security Advisory.
| Package | Affected versions | Patched versions |
|---|---|---|
formsnpm | < 1.3.0 | 1.3.0 |
Affected products
2- HackerOne/forms node modulev5Range: <1.3.0
Patches
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References
5- github.com/caolan/forms/commit/bc01e534a0ff863dedb2026a50bd03153bbc6a5dnvdPatchWEB
- github.com/advisories/GHSA-vwjj-2852-3765ghsaADVISORY
- nodesecurity.io/advisories/158nvdThird Party Advisory
- nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-16015ghsaADVISORY
- www.npmjs.com/advisories/158ghsaWEB
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