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CVE-2026-84371GHSA-G8QQ-57P8-GGW5

ApostropheCMS: Stored XSS via SVG SMIL URI-list scheme-policy bypass

Published
Last modified
published
Not listed in CISA KEV
Fix
Fixed in 2.17.7
None on Exploit-DB, Metasploit or GitHub
  • Exploitation: none
  • Automatable: no
  • Technical impact: partial

Summary

ApostropheCMS is an open-source Node.js content management system, and sanitize-html provides a simple HTML sanitizer with a clear API. From version 1.9.0 until version 2.17.7, packages/sanitize-html/index.js validates an animation value attribute as one flat URL and does not recognize that attributeName selecting href or xlink:href gives the sibling values, from, to, or by attribute SVG SMIL URL semantics. In configurations that allow the animate, animateColor, animateMotion, animateTransform, or set elements, a values list can begin with a safe fragment and contain a later executable destination that survives allowedSchemesAppliedToAttributes checking. When the sanitized SVG is rendered, the browser can copy that later destination into the live link, and a victim who activates the link can execute script in the application's origin. This issue is fixed in version 2.17.7.

Timeline

  1. CVE published
  2. CISA SSVC assessment

    Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial

  3. Record last updated

Affected versions

  • apostrophecms apostrophe

    From 1.9.0 · fixed in 2.17.7

  • sanitize-htmlnpm

    From 1.9.0 · fixed in 2.17.7

References 5

GitHub · apostrophecms/apostrophe