Abstract: Detecting front-end JavaScript libraries in web applications is essential for website profiling, vulnerability detection, and dependency management. However, bundlers like Webpack transpile ...

Announced January 17, the newest version of the jQuery JavaScript library can be downloaded from jquery.com. Trusted types in jQuery 4.0.0 ensure that HTML in the TrustedHTML interface can be input to ...

A critical vulnerability in the popular expr-eval JavaScript library, with over 800,000 weekly downloads on NPM, can be exploited to execute code remotely through maliciously crafted input. The ...

Software supply chain security provider Chainguard has unveiled Chainguard Libraries for JavaScript, described as a collection of trusted builds of thousands of common malware-resistant JavaScript ...

The risk in the JavaScript ecosystem isn't theoretical: earlier this month, a number of packages used by millions of developers were compromised via malicious code. These malware attacks against ...

18 popular NPM packages with over 2 billion weekly downloads were compromised through a phishing attack targeting developer “Qix” The malware functioned as a “crypto-clipper,” silently replacing ...

The breach hit core JavaScript libraries such as chalk and strip-ansi, downloaded billions of times each week, raising alarms over the security of open-source software. Hackers have compromised widely ...

NPM developer qix's account compromise potentially puts user funds at risk by compromising library dependencies used by bitcoin wallets. A major NPM developer, qix, has had their account compromised.

React conquered XSS? Think again. That's the reality facing JavaScript developers in 2025, where attackers have quietly evolved their injection techniques to exploit everything from prototype ...

Choosing between intrusive logging and leaving users in the dark is a classic dilemma for JavaScript developers. Do you burden your users with unnecessary dependencies for debugging, or do you forgo ...

The XRP Ledger Foundation disclosed a major security flaw in the official JavaScript library used to interact with the XRP Ledger, warning that attackers inserted a backdoor to steal private keys and ...