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CVE-2016-10537

N/A
Published: May 31, 2018 at 08:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 12:39 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorBackbone

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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.7%

Description

backbone is a module that adds in structure to a JavaScript heavy application through key-value pairs and custom events connecting to your RESTful API through JSON There exists a potential Cross Site Scripting vulnerability in the `Model#Escape` function of backbone 0.3.3 and earlier, if a user is able to supply input. This is due to the regex that's replacing things to miss the conversion of things such as `<` to `<`.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.

References (2)

x_refsource_MISCIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/jashkenas/backbone/compare/0.3.3...0.5.0#diff-0d56d0d310de7ff18b3cef9c2f8f75dcL1008
x_refsource_MISCThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://nodesecurity.io/advisories/108

CVSS

3.5LOW[email protected]
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
PARTIAL
Availability
NONE
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-79

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