Machine-written summary
Summary written by Claude Haiku from the source advisory. Not reviewed by a person.
DOMPurify (npm package dompurify) versions 3.4.13 through 3.4.15 can leave event handlers active on subtrees removed by afterSanitize hooks when run in IN_PLACE mode. An attacker who supplies markup to an application that uses IN_PLACE with such a hook can run script in the victim's page (DOM XSS). Upgrade to dompurify 3.4.16, the listed fixed version.
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Severity and exploitation
| Score | Rating | CVSS | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5.1 | Medium | 4.0 | CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N | CNA (VulnCheck) |
- CISA KEV Not listed.
- EPSS 0.0019, the 8th percentile, on 14 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.
Timeline
- 23 Sept 2026, 15:17 UTC Published by the maintainers as a GitHub repository advisory
- 31 Oct 2026, 13:33 UTC First seen by agentprime
- 31 Oct 2026, 13:33 UTC Confirmed by OSV
Sources
- GitHub Advisory Database: GHSA-p98j-92pf-mc4p
- OSV: GHSA-p98j-92pf-mc4p
- github.com/cure53/DOMPurify/security/advisories/GHSA-p98j-92pf-mc4p
- github.com/cure53/DOMPurify/pull/1636
- github.com/cure53/DOMPurify/commit/b9b9d80f7e401771c2ccaef5f45def7eec8f27d7
- github.com/cure53/DOMPurify
- github.com/cure53/DOMPurify/releases/tag/3.4.16