CVE-2019-16728

medium

Description

DOMPurify before 2.0.1 allows XSS because of innerHTML mutation XSS (mXSS) for an SVG element or a MATH element, as demonstrated by Chrome and Safari.

References

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-chqj-j4fh-rw7m

https://github.com/imjdl/CVE-2019-16278-PoC

https://research.securitum.com/dompurify-bypass-using-mxss/

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/10/msg00029.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2019-09-24

Updated: 2026-06-17

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 4.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 6.1

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