CVE-2026-100370

DOMSanitizer - Incomplete data: URL Sanitization in DOMSanitizer::isDangerousUrl() Allows Base64-Encoded Payloads to Bypass href and xlink:href Validation

State
Published
Severity
4.7 Medium
Published
Sep 28, 2026
Updated
Sep 28, 2026
Reserved
Sep 25, 2026

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Description

DOMSanitizer is a DOM/SVG/MathML Sanitizer for PHP 7.3+. Prior to version 1.0.15, the isDangerousUrl() method is responsible for rejecting dangerous URL values in the href and xlink:href attributes. The weakness is that "javascript:" is rejected as a scheme, while "data:" is rejected only when the literal substring onload appears in the URL value (/^data:.*onload/i). Because data: payloads are routinely Base64-encoded, the dangerous content (<script>, event handlers, etc.) is invisible to that substring test. A URL such as data:text/html;base64,… therefore survives in href / xlink:href, even though the decoded payload is active markup. This is an incomplete input-validation / sanitization defect in the sanitizer itself. This issue has been patched in version 1.0.15.

Scores

CVSSScoreVectorSource
3.14.7 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:NGitHub_M

Weaknesses

  • CWE-20 Improper Input Validation

Affected Products

ProductVersions
dom-sanitizerrhukster
  • < 1.0.15Affected

References

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