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DOMPurify XSS via Missing Rawtext Elements in SAFE_FOR_XML

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severity
medium
date
Affecting
  • DOMPurify <= 3.1.3, 2.5.3

CWE
  • CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
CVSS
5.1
CVSS V4 Vector
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N
Credit
Scott Moore - VulnCheck, Camilo Vera & Cristian Vargas from Fluid Attacks Offensive Team
Description
DOMPurify 3.1.3 through 3.3.1 and 2.5.3 through 2.5.8, fixed in commit 729097f, contain a cross-site scripting vulnerability that allows attackers to bypass attribute sanitization by exploiting five missing rawtext elements (noscript, xmp, noembed, noframes, iframe) in the SAFE_FOR_XML regex. Attackers can include payloads like </noscript><img src=x onerror=alert(1)> in attribute values to execute JavaScript when sanitized output is placed inside these unprotected rawtext contexts.

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