# CVE-2026-100370: DOMSanitizer - Incomplete data: URL Sanitization in DOMSanitizer::isDangerousUrl() Allows Base64-Encoded Payloads to Bypass href and xlink:href Validation

- Also known as: GHSA-WCJ2-R6VG-RM97
- Severity: CVSS 4.7 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 1.0.15
- Published: 2026-09-28 · Updated: 2026-09-28

## Affected

- rhukster dom-sanitizer: fixed in 1.0.15

## 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.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on rhukster dom-sanitizer, upgrade to a fixed version (1.0.15) per the references below.
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## References

- https://github.com/rhukster/dom-sanitizer/security/advisories/GHSA-wcj2-r6vg-rm97
- https://github.com/rhukster/dom-sanitizer/commit/10f97807e4501d60f63987f2e76a38cdbf312dcb
- https://github.com/rhukster/dom-sanitizer/commit/fb8f758b41134fc5fb2f563666f2330c69e31f94
- https://github.com/rhukster/dom-sanitizer/releases/tag/1.0.15

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