# CVE-2026-113659: ApostropheCMS: Client-side Prototype Pollution in apos.http.parseQuery leading to DOM-based XSS against authenticated users

- Also known as: GHSA-M2M5-RW3W-CWMJ
- Severity: CVSS 6.1 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 4.33.0
- Published: 2026-10-20 · Updated: 2026-10-28

## Affected

- apostrophecms apostrophe: fixed in 4.33.0
- apostrophe (npm): fixed in 4.33.0

## Description

ApostropheCMS is an open-source Node.js content management system. Prior to 4.33.0, an unauthenticated attacker can send a crafted link whose query string is automatically parsed by apos.http.parseQuery when an authenticated victim loads a page with the admin bundle. The parser accepts the special __proto__, constructor, and prototype path keys, allowing browser prototype mutation that can reach an unsafe DOM sink and execute script in the victim's session; anonymous visitors do not load the affected admin context. This issue is fixed in version 4.33.0.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on apostrophecms apostrophe, apostrophe, upgrade to a fixed version (4.33.0) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/apostrophecms/apostrophe/security/advisories/GHSA-m2m5-rw3w-cwmj
- https://github.com/apostrophecms/apostrophe/commit/9500b8b0e1d630d5e07fbb5fd2c25ed0943845ce
- https://github.com/apostrophecms/apostrophe/commit/f84fd41cbf6c22eb8d0008fc9c25df1f7130b350
- https://github.com/apostrophecms/apostrophe/releases/tag/apostrophe@4.33.0

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