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efiten f15b677981 fix(security): escape mesh node names before HTML render — stored XSS (#1536) (#1537)
## This PR fixes the stored XSS in full (closes #1536)

Mesh-advertised node names (`adv_name`) and observer names were rendered
into the dashboard DOM **without HTML-escaping** in multiple places —
the same class as the publicly disclosed MeshCore dashboard XSS
(CVE-2026-45323). `adv_name` has no protocol-level validation and the Go
`sanitizeName()` keeps `< > " &`, so a payload like `<img src=x
onerror=...>` reaches the frontend intact and executes.

**I audited every name/sender/text/channel render in `public/` and this
PR escapes all unescaped sinks. There are no known remaining XSS sinks
of this class after this change.**

### Sinks fixed (all escaped via the existing global `escapeHtml`, plus
a local helper for the standalone `area-map.html`)

| File | Sink |
|------|------|
| `app.js` | global search dropdown — node name + channel name |
| `nodes.js` | nodes-table row name; node-detail Leaflet popups (×2) |
| `observers.js` | observers-table name cell |
| `packets.js` | observer-name cells via `obsNameOnly` (×4) + observer
multi-select checkbox label |
| `live.js` | node-filter `<option>` + map marker tooltip |
| `analytics.js` | topology map node tooltip |
| `route-view.js` | hop + union marker tooltips (×2) |
| `area-map.html` | node popups (×2) — added a local `escapeHtml` (file
is standalone) |

### Already-safe (verified, not changed)
`map.js` popups (`safeEsc`), live-feed text (`escapeHtml(preview)`),
packet-detail text, channel messages (`channels.js`), `route-render.js`
popups, `hop-display.js`.

### Why escape at the sink (not the backend)
`sanitizeName()` only strips control chars; HTML-escaping stored names
server-side would be lossy and corrupt legitimate names containing `& <
>`, and break the `meshcore://` deep-links / exports. Output-encoding at
render is the correct OWASP fix and matches `meshcore-card` v0.3.3.

### Tests
- Added 6 `escapeHtml` regression tests including the CVE payload `<img
src=x onerror=alert(1)>` and an attribute-breakout payload.
- `node test-frontend-helpers.js`: **568 passed / 32 failed** — the 32
are pre-existing sandbox limitations (e.g. `AreaFilter is not defined`),
identical to the untouched baseline (562/32). Zero new failures.

### Cache busting
Automatic — the server rewrites `__BUST__` in `index.html` with a
restart timestamp, so no manual bump is needed.

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Co-authored-by: CoreScope Bot <bot@meshcore>
Co-authored-by: Kpa-clawbot <bot@clawbot.local>
2026-06-03 10:55:02 -07:00
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