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CVE-2024-47875: DOMpurify has a nesting-based mXSS

Affects dompurifySource GCVE Database

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Authoritative record:CVE-2024-47875· Critical 10.0

Not known to be exploited · CVSS 10.0 Critical : upgrade to 2.5.0 as a priority.

Data as of 29 Oct 2026, 22:52 UTC

CVSS 3.1 base score
10.0Critical
How severe the flaw is on the 0–10 CVSS scale.

Thin evidence

One scorer or none
CVSS scores by source
CNA (GitHub_M)CVSS 3.110.0
Patch
Available – fixed in 2.5.0, 3.1.3
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:H/A:H

Exploitation evidence

  1. Disclosed: evidence found.

    CVE published 11 Oct 2024

  2. Detectable: no evidence on record.

    No public nuclei template indexed

  3. Weaponized: no evidence on record.

    No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB

  4. Exploited in the wild: no evidence on record.

    Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation

  5. Observed by OffSeq Mirage: no evidence on record.

    No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors

A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 29 Oct 2026.

What to do

Upgrade dompurify to 2.5.0; dompurify to 3.1.3.

Affected software

ProductAffectedFixed in
npmdompurifyAffected
  • <2.5.0
Fixed in
  • 2.5.0
npmdompurifyAffected
  • >=3.0.0 <3.1.3
Fixed in
  • 3.1.3

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Description

DOMpurify was vulnerable to nesting-based mXSS fixed by [0ef5e537](https://github.com/cure53/DOMPurify/tree/0ef5e537a514f904b6aa1d7ad9e749e365d7185f) (2.x) and [merge 943](https://github.com/cure53/DOMPurify/pull/943) Backporter should be aware of GHSA-mmhx-hmjr-r674 (CVE-2024-45801) when cherry-picking POC is avaible under [test](https://github.com/cure53/DOMPurify/blob/0ef5e537a514f904b6aa1d7ad9e749e365d7185f/test/test-suite.js#L2098)

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