Description

Cure53 DOMPurify before 2.0.17 allows mutation XSS. This occurs because a serialize-parse roundtrip does not necessarily return the original DOM tree, and a namespace can change from HTML to MathML, as demonstrated by nesting of FORM elements.

INFO

Published Date :

Oct. 7, 2020, 4:15 p.m.

Last Modified :

April 27, 2022, 6:49 p.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

2.7

Exploitability Score :

2.8
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github

CVE-2020-26870 has a 1 public PoC/Exploit available at Github. Go to the Public Exploits tab to see the list.

Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2020-26870 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Microsoft visual_studio_2017
2 Microsoft visual_studio_2019
1 Debian debian_linux
1 Oracle application_express
1 Cure53 dompurify
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2020-26870.

URL Resource
https://github.com/cure53/DOMPurify/commit/02724b8eb048dd219d6725b05c3000936f11d62d Patch Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/cure53/DOMPurify/compare/2.0.16...2.0.17 Patch Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/10/msg00029.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2020-26870 Patch Vendor Advisory
https://research.securitum.com/mutation-xss-via-mathml-mutation-dompurify-2-0-17-bypass/ Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://www.oracle.com//security-alerts/cpujul2021.html Patch Third Party Advisory

We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).

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Born at : Dec. 2, 2021, 12:28 a.m. This repo has been linked 12 different CVEs too.

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The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2020-26870 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2020-26870 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Apr. 27, 2022

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Reference Type https://www.oracle.com//security-alerts/cpujul2021.html No Types Assigned https://www.oracle.com//security-alerts/cpujul2021.html Patch, Third Party Advisory
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:oracle:application_express:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 21.1.0.00.01
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jul. 20, 2021

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://www.oracle.com//security-alerts/cpujul2021.html [No Types Assigned]
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Feb. 25, 2021

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/cure53/DOMPurify/compare/2.0.16...2.0.17 Third Party Advisory https://github.com/cure53/DOMPurify/compare/2.0.16...2.0.17 Patch, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2020-26870 No Types Assigned https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2020-26870 Patch, Vendor Advisory
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:visual_studio_2017:15.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:visual_studio_2019:16.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:visual_studio_2019:16.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:visual_studio_2019:16.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:visual_studio_2019:16.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Feb. 02, 2021

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2020-26870 [No Types Assigned]
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Nov. 10, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Reference Type https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/10/msg00029.html No Types Assigned https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/10/msg00029.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Oct. 29, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/10/msg00029.html [No Types Assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Oct. 16, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 Metadata Victim must voluntarily interact with attack mechanism
    Added CVSS V2 NIST (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
    Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/cure53/DOMPurify/commit/02724b8eb048dd219d6725b05c3000936f11d62d No Types Assigned https://github.com/cure53/DOMPurify/commit/02724b8eb048dd219d6725b05c3000936f11d62d Patch, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/cure53/DOMPurify/compare/2.0.16...2.0.17 No Types Assigned https://github.com/cure53/DOMPurify/compare/2.0.16...2.0.17 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://research.securitum.com/mutation-xss-via-mathml-mutation-dompurify-2-0-17-bypass/ No Types Assigned https://research.securitum.com/mutation-xss-via-mathml-mutation-dompurify-2-0-17-bypass/ Exploit, Third Party Advisory
    Added CWE NIST CWE-79
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:cure53:dompurify:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 2.0.17
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CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2020-26870 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2020-26870 weaknesses.

Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.97 }} 0.12%

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0.83706

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