CVE-2026-116538
HtmlSanitizer before 9.2.1039 and 10.0 prereleases before 10.0.1037-beta contains a cross-site scripting vulnerability because SanitizeDom(string) never sanitizes attributes on the html and body wrapper elements. Attackers can supply input with a second body or html tag carrying event handlers like onload, executing script when applications render serialized document or body outer HTML.
Published:Oct 26, 2026
Last Modified:Oct 31, 2026
EPS:Oct 26, 2026
EPSS Score:0.00287
CVSS Score:4.7
Affected Products
Vendor
Product
Action
Vendor
Htmlsanitizer Project
Product
Htmlsanitizer
Htmlsanitizer Project
Htmlsanitizer
Vendor
Mganss
Product
Htmlsanitizer
Mganss
Htmlsanitizer
Exploits
No exploit reference
Common Weakness Enumeration
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
Related CVEs
References
Common Vulnerability Scoring System
Attack Vector
Network
Adjacent
Local
Physical
Privileges Required
None
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High
User Interaction
None
Required
Scope
Unchanged
Changed
Confidentiality
None
Low
High
Integrity
None
Low
High
Availability
None
Low
High
