CVE-2026-83607
xmldom: Element name injection via createElement() bypasses requireWellFormed
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- GitHub_M
Description
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, Document.createElement(tagName) stores an unvalidated element name and XMLSerializer.serializeToString() emits that name verbatim. The requireWellFormed: true path did not validate the element qualified name or synthesized xmlns:PREFIX declaration, so attacker-controlled tag names could inject attributes, elements, or processing instructions into serialized XML or HTML and could cause cross-site scripting when browser-consumed. The unchecked values violate the XML QName constraint, and default serialization and creation-time createElement() behavior remain permissive. This issue is fixed in @xmldom/xmldom versions 0.8.14 and 0.9.11; no fixed version is available for xmldom.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| GitHub_MCNA (assigner) | 4.0 | High8.7 | CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N |
| NVDNVD · Deferred | 4.0 | High8.7 | CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.61% · top 51% of all CVEs (5 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: poc · Automatable: yes · Technical impact: partial
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 8.7.
Weakness
Affected products
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- npm@xmldom/xmldomGHSA-w2rr-34g9-rvrj (opens in a new tab)
- npmxmldomGHSA-w2rr-34g9-rvrj (opens in a new tab)
References (7)
- https://github.com/xmldom/xmldom/security/advisories/GHSA-w2rr-34g9-rvrj (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMexploit
- https://github.com/xmldom/xmldom/pull/1043 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISC
- https://github.com/xmldom/xmldom/pull/1050 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISC
- https://github.com/xmldom/xmldom/commit/cba1321218b069182695813fa7565653708e172e (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISC
- https://github.com/xmldom/xmldom/commit/d8212e632507eaf1d9f609657dd4c56abeb12d44 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISC
- https://github.com/xmldom/xmldom/releases/tag/0.8.14 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISC
- https://github.com/xmldom/xmldom/releases/tag/0.9.11 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISC
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-w2rr-34g9-rvrj (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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