What is the CVSS score of CVE-2019-16728?

CVE-2019-16728 has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 6.1 (Medium). CVSS vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N. EPSS exploitation probability: 1.7%.

Is there a public PoC exploit available for CVE-2019-16728?

Yes, a public proof-of-concept exploit is available for CVE-2019-16728. Prioritise patching immediately. EPSS: 1.7%.

Is there a patch available for CVE-2019-16728?

Yes, a patch is available for CVE-2019-16728. Update the affected software to the latest version immediately.

Dompurify CVE-2019-16728

MEDIUM

Cross-site Scripting (XSS) (CWE-79)

2019-09-24 cve@mitre.org

XSS Apple Google Dompurify Debian Linux

6.1

CVSS 3.1 · NVD

Severity by source

NVD PRIMARY

6.1 MEDIUM

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

Primary rating from NVD · only source for this CVE.

CVSS VectorNVD

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

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Changed

Confidentiality

Low

Integrity

Low

Availability

None

Lifecycle Timeline

CVE Published

Sep 24, 2019 - 05:15 nvd

MEDIUM 6.1

Blast Radius

ecosystem impact

† from your stack dependencies † transitive graph · vuln.today resolves 4-path depth

11 npm packages depend on dompurify (2 direct, 9 indirect)

Ecosystem-wide dependent count for version 2.0.3.

DescriptionNVD

DOMPurify before 2.0.1 allows XSS because of innerHTML mutation XSS (mXSS) for an SVG element or a MATH element, as demonstrated by Chrome and Safari.

AnalysisAI

DOMPurify before 2.0.1 allows XSS because of innerHTML mutation XSS (mXSS) for an SVG element or a MATH element, as demonstrated by Chrome and Safari. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.1), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

Technical ContextAI

This vulnerability is classified as Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) (CWE-79), which allows attackers to inject malicious scripts into web pages viewed by other users. DOMPurify before 2.0.1 allows XSS because of innerHTML mutation XSS (mXSS) for an SVG element or a MATH element, as demonstrated by Chrome and Safari. Affected products include: Cure53 Dompurify, Debian Debian Linux. Version information: before 2.0.1.

RemediationAI

No vendor patch is available at time of analysis. Monitor vendor advisories for updates. Sanitize all user input, use Content-Security-Policy headers, encode output contextually (HTML, JS, URL). Use frameworks with built-in XSS protection.