#VU99261 DOM-based cross-site scripting in DOMPurify - CVE-2024-47875
Published: October 22, 2024
Vulnerability identifier: #VU99261
Vulnerability risk: Medium
CVSSv4.0: 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:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2024-47875
CWE-ID: CWE-79
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
DOMPurify
DOMPurify
Software vendor:
Cure53
Cure53
Description
The disclosed vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient sanitization of user-supplied data. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted input to the application and execute arbitrary HTML and script code in user's browser in context of vulnerable website.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow a remote attacker to steal potentially sensitive information, change appearance of the web page, perform phishing and drive-by-download attacks.
Remediation
Install updates from vendor's website.
External links
- https://github.com/cure53/DOMPurify/security/advisories/GHSA-gx9m-whjm-85jf
- https://github.com/cure53/DOMPurify/commit/0ef5e537a514f904b6aa1d7ad9e749e365d7185f
- https://github.com/cure53/DOMPurify/commit/6ea80cd8b47640c20f2f230c7920b1f4ce4fdf7a
- https://github.com/cure53/DOMPurify/blob/0ef5e537a514f904b6aa1d7ad9e749e365d7185f/test/test-suite.js#L2098