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CVE-2026-63670: ApostropheCMS: Mutation-XSS / allowedTags bypass via literal `</textarea/>` solidus close

September 3, 2026

A mutation-XSS / allowedTags bypass: when textarea (or xmp) is included in allowedTags, an input containing a literal </textarea/> (a solidus right after the RCDATA end-tag name) lets non-allowed markup such as <img src=x onerror=…> pass through sanitizeHtml() live and unescaped, even though img/onerror are not in the allowlist. A spec-compliant browser executes the surviving handler — XSS. This is a literal-solidus variant that bypasses the two most recent fixes in this code area (CVE-2026-40186, CVE-2026-44990), both already applied in 2.17.5. The default configuration is not affected.

References

  • github.com/advisories/GHSA-jxwj-j7wr-gfrw
  • github.com/apostrophecms/apostrophe/commit/eae1fb2b72ec5d1c27d0977509c6482a0408f725
  • github.com/apostrophecms/apostrophe/pull/5501
  • github.com/apostrophecms/apostrophe/security/advisories/GHSA-jxwj-j7wr-gfrw
  • nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-63670

Code Behaviors & Features

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Affected versions

All versions before 2.17.6

Fixed versions

  • 2.17.6

Solution

Upgrade to version 2.17.6 or above.

Impact 6.1 MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

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Weakness

  • CWE-79: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

Source file

npm/sanitize-html/CVE-2026-63670.yml

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