CVE-2017-16008

MediumCVSS 6.1/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

i18next is a language translation framework. Because of how the interpolation is implemented, making replacements from the dictionary one at a time, untrusted user input can use the name of one of the dictionary keys to inject script into the browser. This affects i18next <=1.10.2.

Metrics

CVSS 3.0 6.1/10CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Weakness enumeration

CWE-79

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
HackerOne	i18next node module	<=1.10.2

References

https://github.com/i18next/i18next/pull/443Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
https://nodesecurity.io/advisories/325Exploit, Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/i18next/i18next/pull/443Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
https://nodesecurity.io/advisories/325Exploit, Third Party Advisory

Timeline

Published: Jun 4, 2018
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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