Critical severity · published Oct 31, 2024
CVE-2024-48910
DOMPurify vulnerable to tampering by prototype polution
9.8
CVSS
1.2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
DOMPurify is a DOM-only, super-fast, uber-tolerant XSS sanitizer for HTML, MathML and SVG. DOMPurify was vulnerable to prototype pollution. This vulnerability is fixed in 2.4.2.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.2% · higher than 67% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
DO
DOMPurify · cure53
< 2.4.2 · source: vendor, NVD, CISA
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-48910
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-48910
Patch
https://github.com/cure53/DOMPurify/commit/d1dd0374caef2b4c56c3bd09fe1988c3479166dc
Vendor Advisory
https://github.com/cure53/DOMPurify/security/advisories/GHSA-p3vf-v8qc-cwcr
lists.debian.org
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/02/msg00010.html
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