Vulnerabilities

Vulnerability · CVE-2025-48050

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

Published May 15, 2025 · catalog updated May 16, 2025 · DOMPurify

Check if you run it

No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2025-48050. EPSS is 0.51%. Act only if a listed version of DOMPurify is installed.

Gaps on this record

  • No vendor fix or required action is stored. Compare the linked advisory before you change production.
Severity
High7.5
Known exploitation
Not in CISA/VulnCheck KEV
EPSS
0.51%
Remediation
Advisory link
Affected products
vendor cure53 DOMPurify 0 ≤3.2.5

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."

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  • vendor cure53 DOMPurify 0 ≤3.2.50 ≤3.2.5

How to fix CVE-2025-48050

What to do

Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.

Should you patch?

No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2025-48050. EPSS is 0.51%. Act only if a listed version of DOMPurify is installed.

Which versions are affected?

Compare what you have installed with cure53 DOMPurify 0 ≤3.2.5 0 ≤3.2.5. Compare the installed version with the linked vendor advisory before you change production.

What should an analyst verify?

No weakness class is stored. EPSS 0.51%. There is no CISA KEV listing. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.

Code

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Timeline

Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.

  1. May 15, 2025 · EUVD

    Detected

    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."

  2. May 16, 2025 · EUVD

    Updated

    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."

Sources

  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2025-48050

    Official CVE identifier

    cve.org
  • FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2025-48050

    30-day exploitation probability 0.5%

    first.org
  • EUVDVulnerability recordEUVD-2025-15175

    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 developmen

    euvd.enisa.europa.eu

References

Freshness

Last verified in this catalog Oct 18, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.