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ubuntu-cve-2026-49459

Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu

Published

2026-07-14 21:17

Modified

2026-07-14 21:17

Summary

Details

DOMPurify is a DOM-only cross-site scripting sanitizer for HTML, MathML, and SVG. Prior to 3.4.6, DOMPurify.sanitize(root, { IN_PLACE: true }) could preserve event-handler attributes on an attacker-controlled root when a descendant name clobbered properties checked by _isClobbered, because _forceRemove no-opped on the parent-less root and _sanitizeAttributes returned early. This issue is fixed in version 3.4.6.

Severity

6.1 (Medium)


                    
                      CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

N/A (UNKNOWN)


                    
                      medium

References

URL

Type

	https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2026-49459	REPORT
	https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-49459	REPORT
	https://github.com/cure53/DOMPurify/commit/bb7739…	REPORT
	https://github.com/cure53/DOMPurify/releases/tag/3.4.6	REPORT
	https://github.com/cure53/DOMPurify/security/advi…	REPORT

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  "id": "UBUNTU-CVE-2026-49459",
  "modified": "2026-07-14T21:17:00Z",
  "published": "2026-07-14T21:17:00Z",
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      "type": "CVSS_V3"
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}

CVE-2026-49459 (GCVE-0-2026-49459)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-07-14 20:01 – Updated: 2026-07-15 14:17

Title

DOMPurify: IN_PLACE mode preserves attributes of a clobbered root element, allowing XSS via attacker-controlled root DOM

Summary

DOMPurify is a DOM-only cross-site scripting sanitizer for HTML, MathML, and SVG. Prior to 3.4.6, DOMPurify.sanitize(root, { IN_PLACE: true }) could preserve event-handler attributes on an attacker-controlled <form> root when a descendant name clobbered properties checked by _isClobbered, because _forceRemove no-opped on the parent-less root and _sanitizeAttributes returned early. This issue is fixed in version 3.4.6.

Severity

6.1 (Medium)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

SSVC

Exploitation: poc Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2026-07-15 14:17 UTC

CWE

CWE-79 - Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
CWE-693 - Protection Mechanism Failure
CWE-1321 - Improperly Controlled Modification of Object Prototype Attributes ('Prototype Pollution')

Assigner

GitHub_M mitre root

References

3 references

URL	Tags
https://github.com/cure53/DOMPurify/security/advi…	x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://github.com/cure53/DOMPurify/commit/bb7739…	x_refsource_MISC
https://github.com/cure53/DOMPurify/releases/tag/3.4.6	x_refsource_MISC

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
cure53	DOMPurify	Affected: < 3.4.6

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