CVE-2026-47423: cure53 dompurify Cross-site Scripting
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2026-47423 is a high (CVSS 8.2) Cross-site Scripting vulnerability in cure53 dompurify. EPSS estimates a 0.41% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 33.8% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded.
Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 1Timeline
- 14-07-2026PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 16-07-2026Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
DOMPurify is a DOM-only cross-site scripting sanitizer for HTML, MathML, and SVG. In 3.4.4, DOMPurify allowed selectedcontent by default, allowing browsers to re-clone an XSS payload after sanitization so that unsanitized markup inside <selectedcontent> is returned. This issue is fixed in version 3.4.5.
CVSS metrics
5 scores · 5 sources · 1 version- OSV · UbuntuEcosystem advisory · calculated8.2HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:N
- OSV · DebianEcosystem advisory · calculated8.2HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:N
- OSV · NpmEcosystem advisory · calculated8.2HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:N
- NVDNIST8.2HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:N
EPSS trend
Probability
0.41%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
34%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
0.00 pp
From 0.41% on 20-09-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.
Public exploits
1 foundDompurify
Maturity: poc
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
Ubuntu2 products
- dompurify.jsAll versions (No fix recorded)
- node-dompurifyAll versions (No fix recorded)
Cure531 product
- dompurify≥ 3.4.4, < 3.4.5 | 3.4.4
Debian1 product
- node-dompurifyAll versions (No fix recorded) | < 3.4.5+dfsg-1
Npm1 product
- dompurify≥ 3.4.4, < 3.4.5
4 vendors · 5 products
References
7 links- github.com/cure53/DOMPurify/security/advisories/GHSA-87xg-pxx2-7hvxX Refsource CONFIRMREPORTWEBExploitVendor Advisory
- github.com/cure53/DOMPurify/commit/011b0c78f2a0f57ee54f5fcccb697a46ca6e63eaX Refsource MISCREPORTPatch
- github.com/cure53/DOMPurifyPACKAGE