Security News
tea.xyz Spam Plagues npm and RubyGems Package Registries
Tea.xyz, a crypto project aimed at rewarding open source contributions, is once again facing backlash due to an influx of spam packages flooding public package registries.
xss-checker
Advanced tools
Readme
This package is a simple way to check if a string contains any HTML or JavaScrpipt so your database stays clean.
There are two main ways you can use this, either with nodejs on the backend or you could use it on the front end as well.
For nodejs, just install the npm package:
npm i xss-checker
To use it on your front-end you can just copy the 'front-xss-checker' folder into your project and link to it as a script tag:
<script src="./front-xss-checker/validate.js"></script>
After importing, you can just check any string for XSS attempts by using the function (front-end):
validateXSS("Your input string");
(nodejs)
xss.validate('Your input string');
This function returns the matches against a current XSS-Payload list, so if it returns 0 the input is probably safe.
const Xss = require('./index');
const xss = new Xss;
//The user input you want to check
const input = "<svg onload=alert(1)>";
xss.init()
.then(() => {
if(xss.validate(input) === 0) {
//The input is clean and can be added to the database
}else {
//The input contains malicious Javascript
console.log(input);
}
})
Don't forget to add the script tag to your HTML:
validateXSS("Your input string");
//The user input you want to check
const input = "<svg onload=alert(1)>";
const check = validateXSS(input);
if (check == 0) {
//check == 0 means the input is safe, so you can add send it to the server
} else {
console.log(`XSS! ${{check}});
}
FAQs
This package tries to prevent cross-site scripting (XSS) by checking user input for malicious javascript!
The npm package xss-checker receives a total of 6 weekly downloads. As such, xss-checker popularity was classified as not popular.
We found that xss-checker demonstrated a not healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released a year ago. It has 1 open source maintainer collaborating on the project.
Did you know?
Socket for GitHub automatically highlights issues in each pull request and monitors the health of all your open source dependencies. Discover the contents of your packages and block harmful activity before you install or update your dependencies.
Security News
Tea.xyz, a crypto project aimed at rewarding open source contributions, is once again facing backlash due to an influx of spam packages flooding public package registries.
Security News
As cyber threats become more autonomous, AI-powered defenses are crucial for businesses to stay ahead of attackers who can exploit software vulnerabilities at scale.
Security News
UnitedHealth Group disclosed that the ransomware attack on Change Healthcare compromised protected health information for millions in the U.S., with estimated costs to the company expected to reach $1 billion.