CVE-2025-15599

DOMPurify 3.1.3 through 3.2.6 and 2.5.3 through 2.5.8 contain a cross-site scripting vulnerability that allows attackers to bypass attribute sanitization by exploiting missing textarea rawtext element validation in the SAFE_FOR_XML regex. Attackers can include closing rawtext tags like </textarea> in attribute values to break out of rawtext contexts and execute JavaScript when sanitized output is placed inside rawtext elements. The 3.x branch was fixed in 3.2.7; the 2.x branch was never patched.

CVSS v3 6.1 MEDIUM

6.1^/10

CVSS v3 : MEDIUM

Vector :

Exploitability : 2.8 / Impact : 2.7

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact LOW

Integrity Impact LOW

Availability Impact NONE

Scope CHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://github.com/cure53/DOMPurify	Product
https://github.com/cure53/DOMPurify/commit/c861f5a83fb8d90800f1680f855fee551161ac2b	Patch
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/dompurify-xss-via-textarea-rawtext-bypass-in-safe-for-xml	Third Party Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:a:cure53:dompurify::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:cure53:dompurify::::::::

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2026-03-03 18:16

Updated : 2026-06-17 08:38

NVD link : CVE-2025-15599

Mitre link : CVE-2025-15599

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2025-15599

JSON object : View

Products Affected

cure53

dompurify

CWE

CWE-79

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

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