CVE-2026-100370

DOMSanitizer - Incomplete data: URL Sanitization in DOMSanitizer::isDangerousUrl() Allows Base64-Encoded Payloads to Bypass href and xlink:href Validation

MEDIUM
4.7
CVSS Score
Published: September 28, 2026 at 08:07 PM UTC
Updated: September 30, 2026 at 07:57 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorDOMSanitizer

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Severity
MEDIUM4.7
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.3%
SSVC
PoC

Description

DOMSanitizer is a DOM/SVG/MathML Sanitizer for PHP 7.3+. Prior to version 1.0.15, the isDangerousUrl() method is responsible for rejecting dangerous URL values in the href and xlink:href attributes. The weakness is that "javascript:" is rejected as a scheme, while "data:" is rejected only when the literal substring onload appears in the URL value (/^data:.*onload/i). Because data: payloads are routinely Base64-encoded, the dangerous content (<script>, event handlers, etc.) is invisible to that substring test. A URL such as data:text/html;base64,… therefore survives in href / xlink:href, even though the decoded payload is active markup. This is an incomplete input-validation / sanitization defect in the sanitizer itself. This issue has been patched in version 1.0.15.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

v < 1.0.15
Affected range stops below 1.0.15, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.

SSVC — Action Prioritization

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CVSS

4.7MEDIUMGitHub_M
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality
LOW
Integrity
NONE
Availability
NONE
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusDEFERRED
CWE
CWE-20

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