GHSA-cj63-jhhr-wcxv
DOMPurify USE_PROFILES prototype pollution allows event handlers
At a glance
- Published
- Updated
- CVE
- CVE-2026-65913
- CVSS_V4
- CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N
Description
## Summary When `USE_PROFILES` is enabled, DOMPurify rebuilds `ALLOWED_ATTR` as a plain array before populating it with the requested allowlists. Because the sanitizer still looks up attributes via `ALLOWED_ATTR[lcName]`, any `Array.prototype` property that is polluted also counts as an allowlisted attribute. An attacker who can set `Array.prototype.onclick = true` (or a runtime already subject to prototype pollution) can thus force DOMPurify to keep event handlers such as `onclick` even when they are normally forbidden. The provided PoC sanitizes `<img onclick=...>` with `USE_PROFILES` and adds the sanitized output to the DOM; the polluted prototype allows the event handler to survive and execute, turning what should be a blocklist into a silent XSS vector. ## Impact Prototype pollution makes DOMPurify accept dangerous event handler attributes, which bypasses the sanitizer and results in DOM-based XSS once the sanitized markup is rendered. ## Credits Identified by Cantina’s Apex (https://www.cantina.security).
Affected packages
| Package | Versions |
|---|---|
| npm · dompurify | introduced 0, fixed 3.3.2 |
References
- https://github.com/cure53/DOMPurify/security/advisories/GHSA-cj63-jhhr-wcxv WEB
- https://github.com/cure53/DOMPurify PACKAGE
- https://github.com/cure53/DOMPurify/releases/tag/3.3.2 WEB
Sources
| Source | Licence |
|---|---|
| OSV.dev | CC-BY 4.0 — GitHub Advisory Database |