DOMPurify: Cross-realm IN_PLACE sanitization leaves executable markup intact via realm-bound `instanceof` checks # Cross-realm IN_PLACE sanitization leaves executable markup intact via realm-bound `instanceof` checks **CWE**: CWE-79 (XSS — Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation) via CWE-693 (Protection Mechanism Failure — realm-bound `instanceof` checks fail-open on foreign-realm DOM nodes) and CWE-501 (Trust Boundary Violation — foreign-realm nodes accepted for sanitization but later checks are bound to the parent realm) ## Summary `DOMPurify.sanitize(node, { IN_PLACE: true })` accepts a DOM node from any same-origin realm (e.g. a node owned by an application-created iframe document), but several follow-on security checks compare the node against constructors from the parent realm. Because constructors are per-realm, `instanceof HTMLFormElement`, `instanceof NamedNodeMap`, `instanceof DocumentFragment`, and `instanceof Element` all return `false` for nodes belonging to the iframe's realm. The library therefore proceeds as if the foreign-realm form is not clobberable, the foreign-realm `

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