CVE-2019-16728
MEDIUM
6.1
CVSS Score
Published: September 24, 2019 at 04:02 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 02:22 AM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsDebian LinuxDOMPurify
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Severity
MEDIUM6.1
Exploit prediction
EPSS 1%
Description
DOMPurify before 2.0.1 allows XSS because of innerHTML mutation XSS (mXSS) for an SVG element or a MATH element, as demonstrated by Chrome and Safari.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
v < 2.0.1
Affected range stops below 2.0.1, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Debian Linux· Debiandrupal
95%Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.
References (2)
Mailing Listx_refsource_MLISTThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/10/msg00029.htmlx_refsource_MISCExploitThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://research.securitum.com/dompurify-bypass-using-mxss/CVSS
- Attack Vector
- NETWORK
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- NONE
- User Interaction
- REQUIRED
- Scope
- CHANGED
- Confidentiality
- LOW
- Integrity
- LOW
- Availability
- NONE
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-79
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