CVE-2026-84371
mediumpriority · track · 0EPSS 0.003 · 21 %ileDEUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-22
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.
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affected products (6)
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- IBM WebSphere Service Registry and Repositoryall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/a:ibm:websphere_service_registry_and_repository:-
advisories (2)
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- WID-SEC-W-2026-3596IBM App Connect Enterprise: Mehrere SchwachstellenDeutsch2026-09-27csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in IBM App Connect Enterprise ausnutzen, um Sicherheitsvorkehrungen zu umgehen, um einen Denial of Service Angriff durchzuführen, um Informationen offenzulegen, um Dateien zu manipulieren und um einen Cross-Site Scripting Angriff durchzuführen.
- GHSA-g8qq-57p8-ggw5ApostropheCMS: Stored XSS via SVG SMIL URI-list scheme-policy bypass2026-09-01ghsa · osvUS
### Summary When SVG animation is allowed, `attributeName="href"` makes `values` a list of URL destinations. `sanitize-html` accepts a list that starts with a safe fragment even when `values` is explicitly scheme-checked, allowing a later `javascript:` destination to execute when the sanitized link is activated. ### Details `index.js:371-383` validates each attribute as one flat URL. It does not recognize that `attributeName="href"` gives the sibling `values` attribute SMIL URI-list semantics. For `values="#safe;javascript:..."`, the leading fragment passes the flat check and the complete list is retained. ### PoC This was reproduced with `sanitize-html@2.17.6` and Chromium 150.0.7871.124. The configuration adds SVG animation to the defaults and applies the existing scheme policy to `values`; it does not allow `javascript:`. Save this as `poc.js`: ```js const sanitize = require('sanitize-html'); const input = `<svg><a><animate attributeName="href" values="#safe;javascript:alert('XSS')" dur=".01s" fill="freeze"></animate><text y="30">Click me</text></a></svg>`; const output = sanitize(input, { allowedTags: sanitize.defaults.allowedTags.concat(['svg', 'animate', 'text']), allowedAttributes: { ...sanitize.defaults.allowedAttributes, animate: ['attributename', 'values', 'dur', 'fill'], text: ['y'] }, allowedSchemesAppliedToAttributes: sanitize.defaults.allowedSchemesAppliedToAttributes.concat(['values']) }); console.log(output); ``` Install and run it, then open `poc.html` and click `Click me`: ```sh npm install sanitize-html@2.17.6 node poc.js > poc.html ``` The output retains the `javascript:` entry, and clicking the sanitized SVG displays `XSS`. With `input` changed to `<a href="javascript:alert(1)">control</a>`, the same configuration removes `href`. ### Impact In an application that accepts attacker-authored SVG animation, the attacker can store this payload without scripts or event handlers. A victim who activates the sanitized link executes JavaScript in the application's origin despite the configured scheme policy. ### Suggested fix Reject `attributeName` values selecting `href` or `xlink:href` on SVG `animate` and `set`, while retaining safe targets such as `fill`. Add `values`, `from`, and `to` regression cases.
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references (5) nvd
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- https://github.com/apostrophecms/apostrophe/blob/main/packages/sanitize-html/CHANGELOG.md
- https://github.com/apostrophecms/apostrophe/commit/1135516a1a4a8f9638641c460488a43d8af20081
- https://github.com/apostrophecms/apostrophe/commit/38ff1106c8176b16c2da9872acd9b449adcbb949
- https://github.com/apostrophecms/apostrophe/pull/5552
- https://github.com/apostrophecms/apostrophe/security/advisories/GHSA-g8qq-57p8-ggw5
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