CVE-2025-8101 (GCVE-0-2025-8101)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-07-25 21:52 – Updated: 2025-12-03 21:04
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
Linkify 4.3.1 - Prototype Pollution & HTML Attribute Injection (XSS)
Summary
Improperly Controlled Modification of Object Prototype Attributes ('Prototype Pollution') vulnerability in Linkify (linkifyjs) allows XSS Targeting HTML Attributes and Manipulating User-Controlled Variables.This issue affects Linkify: from 4.3.1 before 4.3.2.
Severity
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-07-28 14:56 UTC
CWE
- CWE-1321 - Improperly Controlled Modification of Object Prototype Attributes ('Prototype Pollution')
Assigner
References
4 references
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://fluidattacks.com/advisories/charly | third-party-advisory |
| https://github.com/nfrasser/linkifyjs | product |
| https://www.npmjs.com/package/linkifyjs | product |
| https://github.com/nfrasser/linkifyjs/releases/ta… | patch |
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