6.1

CVE-2019-16728: cure53 dompurify Cross-site Scripting

CVSS: 6.1v3.1MediumModified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2019-16728GHSA-chqj-j4fh-rw7m
Published 24-09-2019Last modified 05-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2019-16728 is a medium (CVSS 6.1) Cross-site Scripting vulnerability in cure53 dompurify. EPSS estimates a 1.46% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 73.1% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded.

Overall risk
35/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
6.1/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (NVD)
EPSS score
1.46%
0%100%
Low · -0.21 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits1reference

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 1
DLA-2419-1

Timeline

  1. 24-09-2019
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 05-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

DOMPurify before 2.0.1 allows XSS because of innerHTML mutation XSS (mXSS) for an SVG element or a MATH element, as demonstrated by Chrome and Safari.

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 3 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

1.46%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

73%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

-0.21 pp

From 1.67% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
1.46%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

1 found
  • referenceUnverified

    Exploit Reference (research.securitum.com)

    Maturity: unknown

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Cure531 product
Debian1 product
Npm1 product
  • dompurify< 2.0.3
Ubuntu1 product
  • dompurify.jsAll versions (No fix recorded)

4 vendors · 4 products

References

7 links