CVE-2026-75838 (GCVE-0-2026-75838)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-08-18 11:19 – Updated: 2026-08-18 13:38
VLAI
Title
DOMPurify before 3.4.13 Cross-Site Scripting via IN_PLACE hook
Summary
DOMPurify before 3.4.13 contains a cross-site scripting vulnerability in IN_PLACE sanitization where element-removal hooks fail to neutralize detached subtrees. Attackers can supply HTML with event handlers on descendant elements that execute after sanitization completes, even though the returned root appears clean.
Severity
5.1 (Medium)
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N
SSVC
Exploitation: poc Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-08-18 13:36 UTC
CWE
  • CWE-79 - Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
cure53 DOMPurify Affected: 0 , < 3.4.13 (semver)
Unaffected: 3.4.13 (semver)
    cpe:2.3:a:cure53:dompurify:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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Date Public
2026-08-03 00:00
Credits
koyokr
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