GitHub Advisoryadvisory · npm
GHSA-3wgp-x9p5-c7cc Appium: Reflected XSS / arbitrary JS in @appium/base-driver /test/guinea-pig* routes
MEDIUM
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- Aliases
- CVE-2026-58191
- Ecosystem
- npm
- Packages
- @appium/base-driver
- Severity
- Moderate
- CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-489, CWE-79
- Reviewed
- 2026-09-01
Affected packages
• npm @appium/base-driver: < 10.7.0 → fixed in 10.7.0
Description
Summary
Appium's base-driver mounts the built-in `/test/guinea-pig`, `/test/guinea-pig-scrollable` and `/test/guinea-pig-app-banner` routes unconditionally on every server. The handler reflects the `throwError` query param, the `comments` POST field, and the `User-Agent` request header into the returned HTML via `compileLodashTemplate`, which interpolates `` as `String(expr)` with no HTML/JS escaping. This yields reflected XSS, and the `throwError` value is reflected inside a `` block, giving arbitrary JavaScript execution on the server's origin. No authentication, no session, no driver and no plugin are required, and the default bind address is `0.0.0.0`.
Details
Affected
• `@appium/base-driver` 10.6.0 (with Appium server 3.5.0); tested live.
• Template engine helper: `@appium/base-driver` `lib/utils.ts` `compileLodashTemplate`.
Location (file:line)
• Routes mounted unconditionally: `base-driver/lib/express/server.ts:216-219`
(`app.all('/test/guinea-pig', guineaPig)` etc.).
• Tainting: `base-driver/lib/express/static.ts:35-61` (`guineaPigTemplate`) —
`throwError = String(req.params.throwError ?? req.query?.throwError)`, `params.comment = String(req.body.comments)`, `params.userAgent = req.headers['user-agent']`.
• Unescaped render: `base-driver/lib/utils.ts:67-83` (`compileLodashTemplate`)
emits `` as `String(${expr})` via `new Function(...)`, no escaping.
• Sinks (shipped templates): `base-driver/static/test/guinea-pig.html:11-12`
(`throwError` inside ``), `:50` (`comment`), `:87` (`userAgent`); same in `guinea-pig-scrollable.html` / `guinea-pig-app-banner.html`.
PoC
Requests:
```
GET /test/guinea-pig?throwError=x%27%2balert(document.domain)%2b%27
POST /test/guinea-pig (body: comments=)
GET /test/guinea-pig (header: User-Agent: alert(7))
```
Impact
An attacker who can get a victim to open a crafted link (or auto-submit a form) to the Appium server executes arbitrary JavaScript on the server's origin. With default CORS `*` + no authentication, that JS can drive the WebDriver REST API and plugin endpoints. The endpoints are debug/test fixtures that should not be reachable on a production listener at all.
Related
Alias · CVE (1)
- CVE-2026-58191 Appium is a cross-platform automation framework for all kinds of apps, built on top of the W3C WebDriver protocol. vulnerability
References
- https://github.com/appium/appium/security/advisories/GHSA-3wgp-x9p5-c7cc web
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-58191 advisory
- https://github.com/appium/appium/pull/22394 web
- https://github.com/appium/appium/commit/d94a40af9f8040191ee7888571a1c9d5aec59f89 web
- https://github.com/appium/appium package
- https://github.com/appium/appium/releases/tag/@appium/[email protected] web