CVE-2026-44990 — Apostrophe has default XSS via `xmp` raw-text passthrough in `sanitize-html`
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…
Published: 2026-06-12 · CVSS: 9.3 · CVSS 3.1
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.
Source: CVE Program · Revision 8b16575c39f1e1810c5e863010da073d2d3285e7