CVE-2026-49978 PUBLISHED

DOMPurify IN_PLACE Sanitization Bypass via Attached Shadow Root Inside <template>.content

Assigner: GitHub_M
Reserved: 02.06.2026 Published: 14.07.2026 Updated: 14.07.2026

DOMPurify is a DOM-only cross-site scripting sanitizer for HTML, MathML, and SVG. Prior to 3.4.7, DOMPurify IN_PLACE sanitization could skip shadow contents attached to an element inside <template>.content, allowing attacker-controlled markup such as event handlers, JavaScript URLs, or scripts to survive and execute when an application cloned and inserted the sanitized template. This issue is fixed in version 3.4.7.

Metrics

CVSS Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:H/SI:H/SA:N
CVSS Score: 6.3

Product Status

Vendor cure53
Product DOMPurify
Versions
  • Version < 3.4.6 is affected

References

Problem Types

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