CVE-2025-8101 (GCVE-0-2025-8101)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-07-25 21:52 – Updated: 2025-12-03 21:04
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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 ?
8.8 (High)
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:H/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
CWE
  • CWE-1321 - Improperly Controlled Modification of Object Prototype Attributes ('Prototype Pollution')
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Vendor Product Version
Linkify Linkify Affected: 4.3.1 , < 4.3.2 (custom)
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