CVE-2025-48050

In DOMPurify through 3.2.5 before 6bc6d60, scripts/server.js does not ensure that a pathname is...

7.5 HighFix availableDisputed

In DOMPurify through 3.2.5 before 6bc6d60, scripts/server.js does not ensure that a pathname is located under the current working directory. NOTE: the Supplier disputes the significance of this report because the "Uncontrolled data used in path expression" occurs "in a development helper script which starts a local web server if needed and must be manually started."

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector: Network
Complexity: High
Privileges needed: None
User interaction: None

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality: High
Integrity: Low
Availability: None

Exploit likelihood

0.51%Up 0.5 points since May 16, 2025

What each source reports

CVE List Score used 7.5

Record: CVE-2025-48050
CVSS 3.1: 7.5 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:N
Weakness: CWE-24
Updated: 2026-11-02

EUVDEUVD-2025-15175 7.5

Record: EUVD-2025-15175
CVSS 3.1: 7.5 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:N
Updated: 2026-11-02

GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-5h64-37wc-rj27 7.5

In DOMPurify through 3.2.5 before 6bc6d60, scripts/server.js does not ensure that a pathname is...

In DOMPurify through 3.2.5 before 6bc6d60, scripts/server.js does not ensure that a pathname is located under the current working directory.

Record: GHSA-5h64-37wc-rj27
CVSS 3.1: 7.5 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:N
Weakness: CWE-24
Updated: 2026-11-02

NVD 7.5

Record: CVE-2025-48050
CVSS 3.1: 7.5 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:N
Weakness: CWE-24
Updated: 2026-11-02

OSV 7.5

Record: CVE-2025-48050
CVSS 3.1: 7.5 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:N
Weakness: CWE-24
Updated: 2026-11-02

OSVDEBIAN-CVE-2025-48050 7.5

Record: DEBIAN-CVE-2025-48050
CVSS 3.1: 7.5 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:N
Updated: 2026-11-02

OSVUBUNTU-CVE-2025-48050 7.5

Record: UBUNTU-CVE-2025-48050
CVSS 3.1: 7.5 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:N
Updated: 2026-11-02

Affected products

cure53 dompurify

Affected packages

Affected packages
Package	Affected	Fixed
`node-dompurify` Debian:12	All versions, plus listed versions 2.4.1+dfsg+~2.4.0-12.4.1+dfsg+~2.4.0-22.4.1+dfsg+~2.4.0-2+deb12u13.0.9+dfsg+~3.0.5-13.1.6+dfsg+~3.0.5-1 Show 12 moreShow less 3.1.7+dfsg+~3.0.5-13.1.7+dfsg+~3.0.5-23.2.5+dfsg-13.3.2+dfsg-13.3.3+dfsg-13.3.3+dfsg-23.4.1+dfsg-13.4.12+dfsg-13.4.13+dfsg-13.4.13+dfsg-23.4.2+dfsg-13.4.5+dfsg-1	None known
`node-dompurify` Debian:13	All versions, plus listed versions 3.1.7+dfsg+~3.0.5-23.2.5+dfsg-13.3.2+dfsg-13.3.3+dfsg-13.3.3+dfsg-2 Show 6 moreShow less 3.4.1+dfsg-13.4.12+dfsg-13.4.13+dfsg-13.4.13+dfsg-23.4.2+dfsg-13.4.5+dfsg-1	None known
`node-dompurify` Debian:14	before 3.3.2+dfsg-1, plus listed versions 3.1.7+dfsg+~3.0.5-23.2.5+dfsg-1	3.3.2+dfsg-1
`node-dompurify` Ubuntu:22.04:LTS	All versions, plus listed versions 2.3.0+dfsg-22.3.3+dfsg-1	None known
`node-dompurify` Ubuntu:24.04:LTS	All versions, plus listed versions 2.4.1+dfsg+~2.4.0-13.0.9+dfsg+~3.0.5-1	None known
`node-dompurify` Ubuntu:25.10	All versions, plus listed versions 3.1.7+dfsg+~3.0.5-13.1.7+dfsg+~3.0.5-2	None known
`node-dompurify` Ubuntu:26.10	All versions, plus listed versions 3.3.3+dfsg-13.4.2+dfsg-13.4.5+dfsg-13.4.12+dfsg-13.4.13+dfsg-13.4.13+dfsg-2	None known
`node-dompurify` Ubuntu:26.04:LTS	All versions, plus listed versions 3.1.7+dfsg+~3.0.5-23.3.3+dfsg-1	None known

History

History
Recorded	Changed	Sources
Nov 2, 2026	first indexed	CVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2025-48050 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.5) in Cure53 Dompurify, published May 15, 2025. Its validity is disputed. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.51%, the 43rd percentile. Fixed in node-dompurify 3.3.2+dfsg-1.

References

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