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.
Published: 2026-07-14
Score: 8.2 High
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-87xg-pxx2-7hvx DOMPurify XSS via selectedcontent re-clone
History

Wed, 15 Jul 2026 16:30:00 +0000

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First Time appeared Cure53
Cure53 dompurify
Vendors & Products Cure53
Cure53 dompurify

Wed, 15 Jul 2026 12:15:00 +0000

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References
Metrics threat_severity

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threat_severity

Important


Tue, 14 Jul 2026 20:00:00 +0000

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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.
Title DOMPurify XSS via `selectedcontent` re-clone
Weaknesses CWE-79
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 8.2, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:N'}


Subscriptions

Cure53 Dompurify
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published:

Updated: 2026-07-14T19:56:02.057Z

Reserved: 2026-05-19T19:37:43.526Z

Link: CVE-2026-47423

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Severity : Important

Publid Date: 2026-07-14T19:56:02Z

Links: CVE-2026-47423 - Bugzilla

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Updated: 2026-07-15T16:15:04Z

Weaknesses