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Vulnerability record · CVE-2026-65900 · published 23 July 2026

CVE-2026-65900: Cure53 dompurify cross-site scripting vulnerability

Cure53 · Dompurify

DOMPurify versions >=3.0.0 and before 3.4.8, when configured with SAFE_FOR_TEMPLATES together with a DOM output mode (RETURN_DOM, RETURN_DOM_FRAGMENT, or IN_PLACE), fail to strip template expressions (e.g. ${evil}, {{evil}}, <%evil%>) inside <template> element content. The final normalization/scrub pass (_scrubTemplateExpressions) uses a NodeIterator and node.normalize() that do not descend into template.content, so expressions that only form after adjacent text nodes merge survive sanitization. This bypasses SAFE_FOR_TEMPLATES and can allow a downstream template engine to evaluate attacker-supplied expressions. The string output path is not affected.

5.1 CVSS 4.0 Medium EPSS 0.31% · top 78.6% CWE-79 · Cross-site scripting
5.1CVSS 4.0 base score
0.31%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
1Affected product versions listed by NVD
3References, 2 tagged exploit
28 Jul 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

DOMPurify versions >=3.0.0 and before 3.4.8, when configured with SAFE_FOR_TEMPLATES together with a DOM output mode (RETURN_DOM, RETURN_DOM_FRAGMENT, or IN_PLACE), fail to strip template expressions (e.g. ${evil}, {{evil}}, <%evil%>) inside <template> element content. The final normalization/scrub pass (_scrubTemplateExpressions) uses a NodeIterator and node.normalize() that do not descend into template.content, so expressions that only form after adjacent text nodes merge survive sanitization. This bypasses SAFE_FOR_TEMPLATES and can allow a downstream template engine to evaluate attacker-supplied expressions. The string output path is not affected.

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/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:

Affected products

1 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
https://github.com/cure53/DOMPurify/security/advisories/GHSA-gvmj-g25r-r7wr ExploitThird Party Advisory
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/dompurify-before-template-expression-injection-via-return-dom Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/cure53/DOMPurify/security/advisories/GHSA-gvmj-g25r-r7wr ExploitThird Party Advisory

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2026-65900), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-28). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.