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CVE-2026-0540

Updated on 03 Mar 2026

Severity

5.3 Medium severity

Details

CVSS score
5.3
CVSS vector
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/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:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
CWE ID
Links
NISTCIRCLRHELUbuntu

Overview

About vulnerability

DOMPurify 3.1.3 through 3.3.1 and 2.5.3 through 2.5.8, fixed in commit 2726c74, contain a cross-site scripting vulnerability that allows attackers to bypass attribute sanitization by exploiting five missing rawtext elements (noscript, xmp, noembed, noframes, iframe) in the SAFE_FOR_XML regex. Attackers can include payloads like in attribute values to execute JavaScript when sanitized output is placed inside these unprotected rawtext contexts.

Details

Affected product:
AlmaLinux 9.2 ESU , TuxCare 9.6 ESU , dompurify , jspdf
Affected packages:
dompurify @ 3.1.6 (+4 more)
DOMPurify 3.1.3 through 3.3.1 and 2.5.3 through 2.5.8, fixed in commit 2726c74, contain a cross-site scripting vulnerability that allows attackers to bypass attribute sanitization by exploiting five missing rawtext elements (noscript, xmp, noembed, noframes, iframe) in the SAFE_FOR_XML regex. Attackers can include payloads like in attribute values to execute JavaScript when sanitized output is placed inside these unprotected rawtext contexts.

Fixes