XSS in Cure53 Dompurify

CVE-2026-65914

DOMPurify before 3.3.2 contains a mutation-XSS vulnerability when sanitized HTML is reinserted into special parsing contexts using innerHTML with wrappers like script, xmp, iframe, noembed, noframes, or noscript. Attackers can craft payloads with closing sequences that break out of the wrapper context during reparsing, reactivating dangerous markup with event handlers to execute JavaScript.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.002 (10.8th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.1 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-65914?
CVE-2026-65914 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Cure53 Dompurify, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2026-07-23.
How severe is CVE-2026-65914?
Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.