CVE-2026-40186Published

ApostropheCMS is an open-source Node.js content management system. A regression introduced in commit 49d0bb7, included in versions 2.17.1 of the ApostropheCMS-maintained sanitize-html package bypasses allowedTags enforcement for text inside…

Exact source revision recorded 27 Oct 2026 10:09:56 UTC. It does not establish the source's current position. Latest evidence.

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nvd · CVE-2026-40186

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ApostropheCMS is an open-source Node.js content management system. A regression introduced in commit 49d0bb7, included in versions 2.17.1 of the ApostropheCMS-maintained sanitize-html package bypasses allowedTags enforcement for text inside nonTextTagsArray elements (textarea and option). ApostropheCMS version 4.28.0 is affected through its dependency on the vulnerable sanitize-html version. The code at packages/sanitize-html/index.js:569-573 incorrectly assumes that htmlparser2 does not decode entities inside these elements and skips escaping, but htmlparser2 10.x does decode entities before passing text to the ontext callback. As a result, entity-encoded HTML is decoded by the parser and then written directly to the output as literal HTML characters, completely bypassing the allowedTags filter. An attacker can inject arbitrary tags including XSS payloads through any allowed option or textarea element using entity encoding. This affects non-default configurations where option or textarea are included in allowedTags, which is common in form builders and CMS platforms. This issue has been fixed in version 2.17.2 of sanitize-html and 4.29.0 of ApostropheCMS.

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Source analysis status: Analyzed

Weakness classifications: CWE-79

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published: 2026-04-15T21:17:27.523

lastModified: 2026-10-26T21:10:00.170

2 source CPE criteria · context only

cpe:2.3:a:apostrophecms:apostrophecms:4.29.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:apostrophecms:sanitize-html:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:*

The original JSON retains the logical configuration operators, exclusions and version bounds.

Source published: 15 Apr 2026 21:17:27 UTC
Source modified: 26 Oct 2026 21:10:00 UTC
Observed here: 27 Oct 2026 10:09:56 UTC
Source terms: NIST NVD usage terms; underlying source attribution retained

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CVSS 3.1 · [email protected] · Secondary · 6.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N