lowVulnerability

GHSA-c2j3-45gr-mqc4

## Summary There is a possible hook-policy inconsistency in DOMPurify 3.4.11 involving `CUSTOM_ELEMENT_HANDLING`. When a custom element is allowed via `CUSTOM_ELEMENT_HANDLING.tagNameCheck`, it appears that the element does not go through `afterSanitizeElements` in the same way as a normal element. As a result, an application that relies on `afterSanitizeElements` as a security policy layer to strip sensitive attributes from all elements may see those attributes removed from normal elements but preserved on allowed custom elements. This does not appear to be a direct DOMPurify XSS or a case where DOMPurify directly allows executable payloads. The preserved value is still inert at sanitize time. The issue becomes relevant when the allowed custom element later re-injects that attribute value into an HTML sink such as `innerHTML`, creating a second-order XSS gadget. ## Details The issue appears to originate from the control flow in `src/purify.ts`: line 1672~1691 ```tsx const _sanitizeDisallowedNode = function ( currentNode: any, tagName: string ): boolean { /* Check if we have a custom element to handle */ if (!FORBID_TAGS[tagName] && _isBasicCustomElement(tagName)) { if ( CUSTOM_ELEMENT_HANDLING.tagNameCheck instanceof RegExp && regExpTest(CUSTOM_ELEMENT_HANDLING.tagNameCheck, tagName) ) { return false; } if ( CUSTOM_ELEMENT_HANDLING.tagNameCheck instanceof Function && CUSTOM_ELEMENT_HANDLING.tagNameCheck(tagName) ) { return false; } } ``` `CUSTOM_ELEMENT_HANDLING` is parsed from user configuration at `src/purify.ts`: line 741~748 ```tsx const customElementHandling = objectHasOwnProperty(cfg, 'CUSTOM_ELEMENT_HANDLING') && cfg.CUSTOM_ELEMENT_HANDLING && typeof cfg.CUSTOM_ELEMENT_HANDLING === 'object' ? clone(cfg.CUSTOM_ELEMENT_HANDLING) : create(null); CUSTOM_ELEMENT_HANDLING = create(null); ``` In particular, `tagN

Properties

ghsa_id
GHSA-c2j3-45gr-mqc4
summary
DOMPurify: `CUSTOM_ELEMENT_HANDLING` bypasses `afterSanitizeElements` for allowed custom elements.
severity
low
cve_id
GHSA-c2j3-45gr-mqc4
is_ghsa_only
true
ghsa_published
2026-07-21T19:41:07Z
source_url
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-c2j3-45gr-mqc4
ghsa_updated
2026-07-21T19:41:08Z

Related Entities (6)

REPORTED_BY (1)

[Source]GitHub Advisory Database

VULNERABLE_TO (1)

[Software]npm/dompurify

AFFECTS (1)

[Software]npm/dompurify

HAS_WEAKNESS (3)

[Weakness]Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
[Weakness]Protection Mechanism Failure
[Weakness]Incomplete List of Disallowed Inputs

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