CVE-2023-3978: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

August 2, 2023 (updated October 11, 2023)

Text nodes not in the HTML namespace are incorrectly literally rendered, causing text which should be escaped to not be. This could lead to an XSS attack.

References

github.com/advisories/GHSA-2wrh-6pvc-2jm9
go.dev/cl/514896
go.dev/issue/61615
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-3978
pkg.go.dev/vuln/GO-2023-1988

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