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CVE-2021-32796

19
FAUCET Score

CVE-2021-32796 affects xmldom versions 0.6.0 and older, a JavaScript XML DOM parser and serializer. The vulnerability stems from improper escaping of special characters when serializing XML elements removed from their parent, potentially causing unexpected syntactic changes in downstream applications. With a CVSS score of 5.3 (Medium), this issue is network-exploitable with low attack complexity, requiring no user interaction or privileges, and primarily impacts integrity (I:L). There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 0.7.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:xmldom_project:xmldom:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

6.5MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
LOW
Integrity Impact
LOW
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
2.5
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.35%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
68.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0135 is in the 49th percentile among its peer group of 23,705 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (2)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
npmpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: @xmldom/xmldomFixed in: 0.7.0

Vendor Advisories (2)

npmGHSA-5fg8-2547-mr8qmedium

Misinterpretation of malicious XML input

Aug 3, 2021
redhatCVE-2021-32796Moderate

nodejs-xmldom: misinterpretation of malicious XML input

Jul 27, 2021

References

github.com / xmldom/xmldom/commit/7b4b743917a892d407356e055b296dcd6d107e8b
PatchThird Party Advisory
github.com / xmldom/xmldom/security/advisories/GHSA-5fg8-2547-mr8q
Third Party Advisory
mattermost.com / blog/coordinated-disclosure-go-xml-vulnerabilities
Not ApplicableThird Party Advisory