CVE-2026-41238

medium

Description

DOMPurify is a DOM-only cross-site scripting sanitizer for HTML, MathML, and SVG. Versions 3.0.1 through 3.3.3 are vulnerable to a prototype pollution-based XSS bypass. When an application uses `DOMPurify.sanitize()` with the default configuration (no `CUSTOM_ELEMENT_HANDLING` option), a prior prototype pollution gadget can inject permissive `tagNameCheck` and `attributeNameCheck` regex values into `Object.prototype`, causing DOMPurify to allow arbitrary custom elements with arbitrary attributes — including event handlers — through sanitization. Version 3.4.0 fixes the issue.

References

https://github.com/cure53/DOMPurify/security/advisories/GHSA-v9jr-rg53-9pgp

https://github.com/cure53/DOMPurify/releases/tag/3.4.0

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2026-04-23

Updated: 2026-04-23

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 6.1

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

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 6.9

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

Severity: Medium

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00033