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CVE-2026-53606

MEDIUM
MEDIUM Priority: 0.01 BB Relevance: 51/100
Published: 2026-06-12 Modified: 2026-10-25 First seen: 2026-10-29 Status: active

Attack Surface

Network Low Complexity Scope Change

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV: Network
AC: Low
PR: Low
UI: Required
S: Changed
C: Low
I: Low
A: None

Description

ApostropheCMS is an open-source Node.js content management system, and sanitize-html provides a simple HTML sanitizer with a clear API. Versions of sanitize-html prior to 2.17.5 use `allowedSchemesAppliedToAttributes` (default: `['href', 'src', 'cite']`) to gate the `naughtyHref()` function that blocks dangerous URI schemes like `javascript:` and `vbscript:`. The HTML specification defines 10+ attributes that accept URIs (`action`, `formaction`, `data`, `poster`, `background`, `ping`, `xlink:href`, `dynsrc`, `lowsrc`), but none of these are included in the default gate list. When a developer allows any of these attributes in their configuration, `javascript:` URIs pass through completely unmodified, enabling XSS. Version 2.17.5 patches the issue.

Weakness Classification (1)

References & Advisories (1)

Bug Bounty Relevance

51 / 100
✓ Network accessible
✓ Low complexity

CVSS Score

5.4 / 10.0 v3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

EPSS — Exploitation Probability

0.21%
Raw Score 0.002110
Percentile 11.4%
Date 2026-10-29

EPSS Trend

2026-10-29
0.00211
2026-10-28
0.00211

Intelligence Sources

nvd ref →

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