CVE-2024-48910: cure53 dompurify Prototype Pollution
CVSS: 9.8v3.1CriticalModified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2024-48910DEBIAN-CVE-2024-48910GHSA-p3vf-v8qc-cwcr
Published 31-10-2024Last modified 03-11-2025
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2024-48910 is a critical (CVSS 9.8) Prototype Pollution vulnerability in cure53 dompurify. EPSS estimates a 1.15% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 66.4% of scored vulnerabilities.
CVSS score
9.8/10
010
Critical · v3.1 (NVD)EPSS score
1.15%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 daysKEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded
Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 1Timeline
- 31-10-2024PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 03-11-2025Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
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 metrics
6 scores · 5 sources · 2 versionsCritical 9.3Preferred score · OSV · Npm (Ecosystem advisory) · calculated from vector
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:NSourcesSingle source
Critical 9.8Preferred score · NVD (NIST)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HSources5 sources · 9.1–9.8
- CVE.orgCNA9.1CriticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:NDiffers
- OSV · UbuntuEcosystem advisory · calculated9.8CriticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- OSV · DebianEcosystem advisory · calculated9.8CriticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- OSV · NpmEcosystem advisory · calculated9.1CriticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:NDiffers
EPSS trend
Probability
1.15%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
66%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
0.00 pp
From 1.15% on 19-09-2026
19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score1.15%
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.
Public exploits
0 foundNo public exploits indexed.
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
Debian2 products
- cacti< 1.2.24+ds1-1+deb12u2 | < 1.2.26+ds1-1
- node-dompurify< 2.4.1+dfsg+~2.4.0-2+deb12u1 | < 3.0.9+dfsg+~3.0.5-1
Cure531 product
- dompurify< 2.4.2
Npm1 product
- dompurify< 2.4.2
Ubuntu1 product
- node-dompurifyAll versions (No fix recorded)
4 vendors · 5 products
References
8 links- github.com/cure53/DOMPurify/security/advisories/GHSA-p3vf-v8qc-cwcrX Refsource CONFIRMREPORTWEBVendor Advisory
- github.com/cure53/DOMPurify/commit/d1dd0374caef2b4c56c3bd09fe1988c3479166dcX Refsource MISCREPORTWEBPatch
- github.com/cure53/DOMPurifyPACKAGE