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code/js-xss-innerhtml
XSS: innerHTML assigned from a variable
What it detects
Setting .innerHTML with a non-literal string allows script injection. Use textContent or a sanitizer (DOMPurify).
How it runs
Applied line-by-line via a tagged regex with language-specific gating. Comments are skipped. Designed for high-confidence patterns where AST parsing would be overkill.
Found a false positive or want this rule tuned? File an issue. You can also suppress per-repo via a .repoguardignore line.