cstigler/node-xhtml-purifier · Security
xhtml-purifier has HTML attribute-injection (sanitizer bypass) that leads to XSS
- GHSA ID
- GHSA-j8r4-32c5-33rc
- CVE ID
- CVE-2026-61784
- Severity
- medium
- Published
- Updated
- CVSS
- 6.1 · CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
- CVSS v3
- 6.1 · CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Description
xhtml-purifier does not HTML-entity-encode attribute values when serializing its sanitized output. In attributeString() (XHTMLPurifier.js, around line 148) the attribute value is concatenated directly into a double-quoted attribute without encoding. As a result, an attacker-controlled value in any allowed attribute (class, style, title, alt, src, href) can include a double-quote character to break out of the attribute and inject an additional attribute, such as a JavaScript event handler (for example onmouseover or onerror). The injected handler survives sanitization and executes when the output is rendered, which is a sanitizer bypass leading to cross-site scripting. The fix HTML-entity-encodes attribute values before serialization.
CWEs
- CWE-79 · Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
- CWE-116 · Improper Encoding or Escaping of Output
References
- https://github.com/cstigler/node-xhtml-purifier/security/advisories/GHSA-j8r4-32c5-33rc ↗
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-61784 ↗
- https://github.com/cstigler/node-xhtml-purifier/pull/6 ↗
- https://github.com/cstigler/node-xhtml-purifier/commit/21d461ad23e7bc9b3073693d5b51b9b8662044d3 ↗
- https://github.com/cstigler/node-xhtml-purifier/releases/tag/v0.4.3 ↗
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-j8r4-32c5-33rc ↗