CVE-2025-15599
unknown
CVSS v3
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CVSS v2
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VIR risk
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Description
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.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
30%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2025-15599
OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| debian | bookworm | affected | |
| debian | forky | fixed | 3.3.2+dfsg-1 |
| debian | sid | fixed | 3.3.2+dfsg-1 |
| debian | trixie | affected | |
References
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-15599
- https://github.com/cure53/DOMPurify/commit/c861f5a83fb8d90800f1680f855fee551161ac2b
- https://github.com/cure53/DOMPurify
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/dompurify-xss-via-textarea-rawtext-bypass-in-safe-for-xml
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/dompurify-xss-via-textarea-rawtext-bypass-in-safeforxml
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2025-15599
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.