Medium
DOMPurify before 3.4.13 Cross-Site Scripting via IN_PLACE hook
Type: advisorySources: OSV
DOMPurify before 3.4.13 contains a cross-site scripting vulnerability in IN_PLACE sanitization where element-removal hooks fail to neutralize detached subtrees. Attackers can supply HTML with event handlers on descendant elements that execute after sanitization completes, even though the returned root appears clean.
- Products
- Not specified
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- Not specified
- CVEs
- CVE-2026-75838
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 2 Nov 2026, 17:43 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
DOMPurify before 3.4.13 Cross-Site Scripting via IN_PLACE hook
core-osv · Original sourcePublished 18 Aug 2026, 11:19 UTC
DOMPurify before 3.4.13 contains a cross-site scripting vulnerability in IN_PLACE sanitization where element-removal hooks fail to neutralize detached subtrees. Attackers can supply HTML with event handlers on descendant elements that execute after sanitization completes, even though the returned root appears clean.
osv:CVE-2026-75838
Complete source record
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