ApostropheCMS is an open-source Node.js content management system, and sanitize-html provides a simple HTML sanitizer with a clear API. From sanitize-html 2.17.7 until 2.18.0, an application configuration that permits namespace-prefixed SVG animation elements and the relevant URL-targeting attributes can bypass the SMIL URL protection because prefixed tag names do not match the unprefixed animation-element check. The bypass can rewrite a link destination to an unsafe URI after the sanitized SVG is rendered, with script execution occurring when a user activates the affected link; the default sanitizer configuration is not unconditionally affected. This issue is fixed in sanitize-html 2.18.0.

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Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-374f-7chj-9948 ApostropheCMS sanitize-html: SMIL animation namespace-prefix bypass allows javascript: URI injection (XSS)
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Wed, 21 Oct 2026 00:30:00 +0000

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Tue, 20 Oct 2026 20:30:00 +0000

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First Time appeared Apostrophecms
Apostrophecms apostrophecms
Apostrophecms sanitize-html
Vendors & Products Apostrophecms
Apostrophecms apostrophecms
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Tue, 20 Oct 2026 17:30:00 +0000

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{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


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Description ApostropheCMS is an open-source Node.js content management system, and sanitize-html provides a simple HTML sanitizer with a clear API. From sanitize-html 2.17.7 until 2.18.0, an application configuration that permits namespace-prefixed SVG animation elements and the relevant URL-targeting attributes can bypass the SMIL URL protection because prefixed tag names do not match the unprefixed animation-element check. The bypass can rewrite a link destination to an unsafe URI after the sanitized SVG is rendered, with script execution occurring when a user activates the affected link; the default sanitizer configuration is not unconditionally affected. This issue is fixed in sanitize-html 2.18.0.
Title ApostropheCMS sanitize-html: SMIL animation namespace-prefix bypass allows javascript: URI injection (XSS)
Weaknesses CWE-79
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 3.7, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published:

Updated: 2026-10-20T17:08:06.854Z

Reserved: 2026-10-20T14:27:46.641Z

Link: CVE-2026-113657

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-10-20T17:08:00.724Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2026-10-20T17:17:36.780

Modified: 2026-10-20T19:53:10.247

Link: CVE-2026-113657

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2026-10-20T16:54:12Z

Links: CVE-2026-113657 - Bugzilla

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-10-20T20:15:06Z

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