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Medium · 5.4 CVE-2026-84371 EUVD-2026-69654GHSA-g8qq-57p8-ggw5

ApostropheCMS: Stored XSS via SVG SMIL URI-list scheme-policy bypass

Published Sep 1, 2026 · Updated Sep 2, 2026 · Assigned by GitHub_M

Description

ApostropheCMS is an open-source Node.js content management system, and sanitize-html provides a simple HTML sanitizer with a clear API. From version 1.9.0 until version 2.17.7, packages/sanitize-html/index.js validates an animation value attribute as one flat URL and does not recognize that attributeName selecting href or xlink:href gives the sibling values, from, to, or by attribute SVG SMIL URL semantics. In configurations that allow the animate, animateColor, animateMotion, animateTransform, or set elements, a values list can begin with a safe fragment and contain a later executable destination that survives allowedSchemesAppliedToAttributes checking. When the sanitized SVG is rendered, the browser can copy that later destination into the live link, and a victim who activates the link can execute script in the application's origin. This issue is fixed in version 2.17.7.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
apostrophecms apostrophe >= 1.9.0, < 2.17.7 —

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

Wolfi

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Wolfi rolling jupyter-base-notebook 7.6.3-r2 —

Affected packages

EcosystemPackageAffectedFixedRecord
npm sanitize-html >= 1.9.0, < 2.17.7 2.17.7 GHSA-g8qq-57p8-ggw5

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