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CVE-2026-83605 (GCVE-0-2026-83605)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-09-01 14:18 – Updated: 2026-09-03 17:35
VLAI
Title
xmldom: Attribute name injection via setAttribute() bypasses requireWellFormed
Summary
xmldom is a pure JavaScript W3C standard-based (XML DOM Level 2 Core) DOMParser and XMLSerializer module. Prior to @xmldom/xmldom versions 0.8.14 and 0.9.11, and in xmldom version 0.6.0 and earlier, Element.setAttribute() calls the private _createAttribute(name) path without validating the attribute name, while Document.createAttribute(name) validates against QName. XMLSerializer.serializeToString() emits attribute names verbatim, and requireWellFormed: true did not validate them, so a crafted name can terminate the intended attribute and inject additional attributes, including event handlers, into browser-consumed output; synthesized xmlns:PREFIX declarations expose the same unchecked-name boundary. This issue is fixed in @xmldom/xmldom versions 0.8.14 and 0.9.11; no fixed version is available for xmldom.
SSVC
Exploitation: poc Automatable: yes Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-09-03 17:35 UTC
CWE
  • CWE-91 - XML Injection (aka Blind XPath Injection)
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
xmldom xmldom Affected: <= 0.6.0
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@xmldom xmldom Affected: >= 0.7.0, < 0.8.14
Affected: >= 0.9.0, < 0.9.11
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