highCVSS 8.1Vulnerability

GHSA-26wg-9xf2-q495

### Summary XSS sanitization is incomplete, some attributes are missing such as `oncontentvisibilityautostatechange=`. This allows for the email preview to render HTML that executes arbitrary JavaScript, ### Details Sanitization is implemented here: https://github.com/novuhq/novu/blob/next/libs/application-generic/src/services/sanitize/sanitizer.service.ts With `allowedAttributes: false`, all attributes are allowed through `sanitize-html`. Even dangerous ones like `oncontentvisibilityautostatechange=`. The `DANGEROUS_ATTRIBUTES` array tries to handle this by denying more attributes after the fact, but this list is incomplete. I copied all well-known payloads from: https://portswigger.net/web-security/cross-site-scripting/cheat-sheet And found that the `oncontentvisibilityautostatechange=` attribute isn't detected. PS. there seems to also be another even more lax sanitizer here, but I wasn't able to figure out where it is used: https://github.com/novuhq/novu/blob/next/packages/framework/src/utils/sanitize.utils.ts ### PoC 1. Create a new workflow and add an *Email* step 2. In the body, write the following HTML code: ```html <a oncontentvisibilityautostatechange="alert(window.origin)" style="display:block;content-visibility:auto"> ``` 3. Wait a second and notice the XSS popup showing the current origin: <img width="1515" height="610" alt="image" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/7d519a50-3bed-4f04-b78c-9c5938717433" /> https://dashboard.novu.co/env/dev_env_gVtdgDEhgf1CetwX/workflows/onboarding-demo-workflow_wf_gVtdh2uV0h7j3ffK/steps/email-step_st_gVtqdgIrOkYVvP9F/editor ### Impact This may look like a Self-XSS similar to https://github.com/novuhq/novu/security/advisories/GHSA-w8vm-jx29-52fr, but it can be more impactful. First of all, if multiple users can access this dashboard, the link above can directly bring the to the email step editor to trigger the XSS. An attacker can also use the Google/GitHub OAuth flows without completing the cod

Properties

ghsa_id
GHSA-26wg-9xf2-q495
summary
Novu has a XSS sanitization bypass
severity
high
cvss_score
8.1
cve_id
GHSA-26wg-9xf2-q495
cvss_vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
is_ghsa_only
true
ghsa_published
2026-04-14T23:23:01Z
source_url
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-26wg-9xf2-q495
ghsa_updated
2026-04-14T23:23:01Z

Related Entities (4)

HAS_WEAKNESS (1)

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

REPORTED_BY (1)

[Source]GitHub Advisory Database

AFFECTS (1)

[Software]npm/novu/api

VULNERABLE_TO (1)

[Software]npm/novu/api

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