GHSA-p98j-92pf-mc4p: DOMPurify: IN_PLACE: node-removing afterSanitize hook leaves detached subtree event handlers armed, causing DOM XSS
In IN_PLACE mode DOMPurify sanitizes the caller’s live DOM subtree directly. To close a known hazard (GHSA-55q2-fjhq-7xh7), the library neutralizes any node a hook detaches during sanitization by stripping its subtree’s non-allow-listed attributes, but this neutralization is wired only into the beforeSanitizeElements and uponSanitizeElement hook sites. An afterSanitizeElements or afterSanitizeAttributes hook that removes a non-root element (a documented, supported pattern) detaches that element’s subtree with no neutralization, so descendant on* handlers remain armed on the caller’s live tree after sanitize() returns, yielding DOM XSS. No special privilege is required beyond supplying markup to an application that uses IN_PLACE together with a node-removing afterSanitize hook.
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