CVE-2026-41240 PUBLISHED

DOMPurify: FORBID_TAGS bypassed by function-based ADD_TAGS predicate (asymmetry with FORBID_ATTR fix)

Assigner: GitHub_M
Reserved: 18.04.2026 Published: 23.04.2026 Updated: 23.04.2026

DOMPurify is a DOM-only cross-site scripting sanitizer for HTML, MathML, and SVG. Versions prior to 3.4.0 have an inconsistency between FORBID_TAGS and FORBID_ATTR handling when function-based ADD_TAGS is used. Commit c361baa added an early exit for FORBID_ATTR at line 1214. The same fix was not applied to FORBID_TAGS. At line 1118-1123, when EXTRA_ELEMENT_HANDLING.tagCheck returns true, the short-circuit evaluation skips the FORBID_TAGS check entirely. This allows forbidden elements to survive sanitization with their attributes intact. Version 3.4.0 patches the issue.

Metrics

CVSS Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
CVSS Score: 6

Product Status

Vendor cure53
Product DOMPurify
Versions
  • Version < 3.4.0 is affected

References

Problem Types

  • CWE-183: Permissive List of Allowed Inputs CWE
  • CWE-79: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') CWE