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CVE-2026-65912

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Description

DOMPurify before 3.3.2 contains a URI validation bypass vulnerability when ADD_ATTR is provided as a predicate function via EXTRA_ELEMENT_HANDLING.attributeCheck. Attackers can supply a predicate that accepts specific attribute and tag combinations to bypass URI-safe validation, allowing unsafe protocols like javascript: to survive sanitization and execute as DOM-based XSS when the link is activated.

Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS score
5.1 (v4.0)
Vulnerability status
Analyzed
Source identifier
Published
2026-07-23 14:18:06.417000
Last modified
2026-10-24 13:10:00.147000
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