Medium

jsondiffpatch is vulnerable to Cross-site Scripting (XSS) via HtmlFormatter::nodeBegin

  • Disclosed: 11.09.2025
  • Updated: 11.10.2026 10:22

Vulnerability in jsondiffpatch

Versions of jsondiffpatch prior to 0.7.2 are vulnerable to Cross-site Scripting (XSS) in the HtmlFormatter (HtmlFormatter::nodeBegin). When diffs are rendered to HTML using the built-in formatter, untrusted payloads can inject scripts and execute in the context of a consuming web page.

Affected versions: >= 0, < 0.7.2 Patched version: 0.7.2

Remediation Upgrade to jsondiffpatch 0.7.2 or later. The fix hardens the HTML formatter to avoid script injection.

Workarounds Avoid using the HTML formatter on untrusted diffs, or sanitize/escape the rendered output.

Affected software

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PlatformPackageVulnerable versionsFixed in
npm package jsondiffpatch < 0.7.2 0.7.2

References

CVSS score 4.7/10
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Weakness (CWE)
CWE-79
Platform
npm
Package
jsondiffpatch
Disclosed
11.09.2025
Updated
11.10.2026 10:22

Sources and licenses

OSV / GitHub Advisory Database - GHSA-33vc-wfww-vjfv - CC BY 4.0

Vulnerability history: jsondiffpatch

All published vulnerabilities of this package (npm package), newest first. Shows whether this is a one-off slip or a package that needs watching.

Total entries
2
First → latest
09.2025 05.2026
Without a fix
0
Exploited in attacks
0

Severity breakdown

  • High 1
  • Medium 1

Disclosures per year

  1. 2025: 1
  2. 2026: 1
  1. High · 8.2 CVE-2026-8657 < 0.7.6 0.7.6
  2. jsondiffpatch is vulnerable to Cross-site Scripting (XSS) via HtmlFormatter::nodeBegin this entry
    Medium · 4.7 CVE-2025-9910 < 0.7.2 0.7.2

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