CVE-2019-16728

MEDIUM6.1EPSS 0.96%

Cross-Site Scripting in dompurify

Published: 8/28/2020Modified: 11/8/2023
Also known as:GHSA-chqj-j4fh-rw7m

Description

Versions of `dompurify` prior to 2.0.3 are vulnerable to Cross-Site Scripting (XSS). The package has an XSS filter bypass due to Mutation XSS in both Chrome and Safari through a combination of `<svg>`/`<math>` elements and `</p>`/`</br>`. An example payload is: `<svg></p><style><a id="</style><img src=1 onerror=alert(1)>">`. This allows attackers to bypass the XSS protection and execute arbitrary JavaScript in a victim's browser. ## Recommendation Upgrade to version 2.0.3 or later. You may also disallow `<svg>` and `<math>` through `dompurify` configurations: ```DOMPurify.sanitize(input, { FORBID_TAGS: ['svg', 'math'] });```

Affected packages (2)

CVSS scores

SourceVersionSeverityVector
osvCVSS 3.1MEDIUM6.1CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

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