Cross-Site Scripting in backbone
Affected versions of backbone are vulnerable to cross-site scripting when users are allowed to supply input to the Model#Escape function, and the output is then written to the DOM.
The vulnerability occurs as a result of the regular expression used to encode metacharacters failing to take HTML Entities such as < into account.
Recommendation
Update to version 0.5.0 or later.
Affected software
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| Platform | Package | Vulnerable versions | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| npm package | backbone | >= 0.3.3, < 0.5.0 | 0.5.0 |
References
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-10537
- https://github.com/jashkenas/backbone/commit/0cdc525961d3fa98e810ffae6bcc8e3838e36d93
- https://github.com/jashkenas/backbone/commit/7ae0384120c2552e1c426cda7fb02fdce6ef1076
- https://backbonejs.org/#changelog
- https://github.com/jashkenas/backbone
- https://github.com/jashkenas/backbone/blame/0cdc525961d3fa98e810ffae6bcc8e3838e36d93/backbone.js
- https://github.com/jashkenas/backbone/compare/0.3.3...0.5.0#diff-0d56d0d310de7ff18b3cef9c2f8f75dcL1008
- CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N- Weakness (CWE)
CWE-79- Platform
- npm
- Package
backbone- Disclosed
- 18.02.2019
- Updated
- 11.10.2026 10:22
Sources and licenses
OSV / GitHub Advisory Database - GHSA-j6p2-cx3w-6jcp - CC BY 4.0
Vulnerability history: backbone
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