CVE-2026-44990 PUBLISHED

Apostrophe has default XSS via `xmp` raw-text passthrough in `sanitize-html`

Assigner: GitHub_M
Reserved: 08.05.2026 Published: 12.06.2026 Updated: 12.06.2026

ApostropheCMS is an open-source Node.js content management system, and sanitize-html provides a simple HTML sanitizer with a clear API. Under the default configuration, versions of sanitize-html prior to 2.17.4 can turn attacker-controlled content inside a disallowed xmp element into live HTML or JavaScript. This is a sanitizer bypass in the default disallowedTagsMode: 'discard' path and can lead to stored XSS in applications that render sanitized output back to users. Version 2.17.4 patches the issue.

Metrics

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N
CVSS Score: 9.3

Product Status

Vendor apostrophecms
Product sanitize-html
Versions
  • Version < 2.17.4 is affected

References

Problem Types

  • CWE-79: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') CWE