# xhtml-purifier has HTML attribute-injection (sanitizer bypass) that leads to XSS

Advisory record · `GHSA-j8r4-32c5-33rc`

- **Identifiers:** `GHSA-j8r4-32c5-33rc` · `CVE-2026-61784`
- **State:** Confirmed
- **Severity:** CVSS 6.1 Medium
- **Critical:** No
- **Weakness (CWE):** [CWE-79](https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/79.html) · [CWE-116](https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/116.html)
- **Tags:** [Cross-site scripting (XSS)](https://agentprime.io/advisories/tag/xss.md) · [CWE-116](https://agentprime.io/advisories/tag/cwe-116.md)
- **Published:** 24 Sept 2026
- **Updated:** 24 Sept 2026
- **Reviewed by a person:** No

Published by the GitHub Advisory Database at 24 Sept 2026, 19:33 UTC. agentprime has not analysed this yet, so whether it affects any app is not known.

## Affected packages

- `xhtml-purifier` (npm): affected `<0.4.3`; fixed in `0.4.3`

## Not analysed yet

We haven’t published our analysis of this Advisory yet. Once a person has reviewed it, this page will say what’s vulnerable, what has to be true for your app to be affected, and how to check.

## Severity and exploitation

- 6.1 Medium, CVSS 3.1: `CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N`, from CNA (GitHub_M)

- **CISA KEV:** Not listed.
- **EPSS:** 0.0018, the 7th percentile, on 6 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

## Timeline

This record came from the full history of the GitHub Advisory Database, published 24 Sept 2026. New records show when each source confirmed them.

## Sources

- [GitHub Advisory Database: GHSA-j8r4-32c5-33rc](https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-j8r4-32c5-33rc)
- [OSV: GHSA-j8r4-32c5-33rc](https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-j8r4-32c5-33rc)
- <https://github.com/cstigler/node-xhtml-purifier/security/advisories/GHSA-j8r4-32c5-33rc>
- <https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-61784>
- <https://github.com/cstigler/node-xhtml-purifier/pull/6>
- <https://github.com/cstigler/node-xhtml-purifier/commit/21d461ad23e7bc9b3073693d5b51b9b8662044d3>
- <https://github.com/cstigler/node-xhtml-purifier>
- <https://github.com/cstigler/node-xhtml-purifier/releases/tag/v0.4.3>

Facts on this page come from the GitHub Advisory Database (CC-BY 4.0), OSV and the other sources listed, as published. We don’t reproduce full advisory descriptions, which can contain exploit code.

## Check whether this affects you

A Match means an installed version is in the affected range above. Most don’t affect the app; agentprime hasn’t analysed this one yet.

- With the agentprime MCP server (<https://api.agentprime.io/mcp>), ask your agent to check the project: `check_lockfile` sends a lockfile, `check_packages` a list of installed packages, and both return the Matches and the upgrades that clear them. `get_advisory` returns this record. Setup: <https://agentprime.io/mcp.md>
- In a browser: <https://agentprime.io/check/> reads your lockfile in the browser, never uploading it.
- Whether it touches your code, with file and line: the Claude Code plugin, <https://agentprime.io/plugin.md>
- As JSON: <https://api.agentprime.io/v1/advisories/GHSA-j8r4-32c5-33rc>, or `POST https://api.agentprime.io/v1/match` with your packages (<https://agentprime.io/api.md>)

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