ApostropheCMS is an open-source Node.js content management system, and sanitize-html provides a simple HTML sanitizer with a clear API. Under the default configuration, versions of `sanitize-html` prior to 2.17.4 can turn attacker-controlled content inside a disallowed `xmp` element into live HTML or JavaScript. This is a sanitizer bypass in the default `disallowedTagsMode: 'discard'` path and can lead to stored XSS in applications that render sanitized output back to users. Version 2.17.4 patches the issue.

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Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-rpr9-rxv7-x643 Apostrophe has default XSS via `xmp` raw-text passthrough in `sanitize-html`
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Fri, 12 Jun 2026 21:00:00 +0000

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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. Under the default configuration, versions of `sanitize-html` prior to 2.17.4 can turn attacker-controlled content inside a disallowed `xmp` element into live HTML or JavaScript. This is a sanitizer bypass in the default `disallowedTagsMode: 'discard'` path and can lead to stored XSS in applications that render sanitized output back to users. Version 2.17.4 patches the issue.
Title Apostrophe has default XSS via `xmp` raw-text passthrough in `sanitize-html`
Weaknesses CWE-79
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Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 9.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published:

Updated: 2026-06-12T20:39:47.065Z

Reserved: 2026-05-08T16:23:33.265Z

Link: CVE-2026-44990

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Status : Received

Published: 2026-06-12T21:16:22.447

Modified: 2026-06-12T21:16:22.447

Link: CVE-2026-44990

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