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CVE-2024-45801

CVE-2024-45801 · Tampering by prototype polution in DOMPurify

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DOMPurify is a DOM-only, super-fast, uber-tolerant XSS sanitizer for HTML, MathML and SVG. It has been discovered that malicious HTML using special nesting techniques can bypass the depth checking added to DOMPurify in recent releases. It was also possible to use Prototype Pollution to weaken the depth check. This renders dompurify unable to avoid cross site scripting (XSS) attacks. This issue has been addressed in versions 2.5.4 and 3.1.3 of DOMPurify. All users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability.

CVSS 7.3 · High · EPSS 0.9% · Fix available

Published
Updated

Stack: system · node

Affected products and versions

  • dompurify

    Versions
    • < 2.5.4: Affected
    • >=3.0.0, < 3.1.3: Affected

    No fix published

  • node-dompurify Debian:12

    Versions
    • 2.4.1+dfsg+~2.4.0-1
    • 2.4.1+dfsg+~2.4.0-2
    Affected ranges
    • ECOSYSTEM: < 2.4.1+dfsg+~2.4.0-2+deb12u1

    Update to 2.4.1+dfsg+~2.4.0-2+deb12u1

  • dompurify npm

    Affected ranges
    • SEMVER: < 2.5.4

    Update to 2.5.4

  • dompurify npm

    Affected ranges
    • SEMVER: ≥ 3.0.0, < 3.1.3

    Update to 3.1.3

  • node-dompurify Ubuntu:22.04:LTS

    Versions
    • 2.3.0+dfsg-2
    • 2.3.3+dfsg-1
    Affected ranges
    • ECOSYSTEM: (−∞, +∞)

    No fix published

  • node-dompurify Ubuntu:24.04:LTS

    Versions
    • 2.4.1+dfsg+~2.4.0-1
    • 3.0.9+dfsg+~3.0.5-1
    Affected ranges
    • ECOSYSTEM: (−∞, +∞)

    No fix published

  • node-dompurify Ubuntu:25.10

    Versions
    • 3.1.7+dfsg+~3.0.5-1
    • 3.1.7+dfsg+~3.0.5-2
    Affected ranges
    • ECOSYSTEM: (−∞, +∞)

    No fix published

  • node-dompurify Ubuntu:26.10

    Versions
    • 3.3.3+dfsg-1
    • 3.4.2+dfsg-1
    • 3.4.5+dfsg-1
    • 3.4.12+dfsg-1
    • 3.4.13+dfsg-1
    • 3.4.13+dfsg-2
    Affected ranges
    • ECOSYSTEM: (−∞, +∞)

    No fix published

  • node-dompurify Ubuntu:26.04:LTS

    Versions
    • 3.1.7+dfsg+~3.0.5-2
    • 3.3.3+dfsg-1
    Affected ranges
    • ECOSYSTEM: (−∞, +∞)

    No fix published

Original sources

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