GitHub Advisoryadvisory · npm, crates.io

GHSA-gprj-6m2f-j9hx DOM clobbering could escalate to Cross-site Scripting (XSS)

MEDIUM Published 2024-09-03 Modified 2024-09-12 Official page ↗
Aliases
CVE-2024-45389
Ecosystem
npm, crates.io
Packages
pagefind, @pagefind/default-ui, @pagefind/modular-ui
Severity
Moderate
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H
Weaknesses
CWE-79
Reviewed
2024-09-03

Affected packages

• npm pagefind: < 1.1.1 → fixed in 1.1.1 • npm @pagefind/default-ui: < 1.1.1 → fixed in 1.1.1 • npm @pagefind/modular-ui: < 1.1.1 → fixed in 1.1.1 • crates.io pagefind: < 1.1.1 → fixed in 1.1.1

Description

Pagefind initializes its dynamic JavaScript and WebAssembly files relative to the location of the first script you load. This information is gathered by looking up the value of `document.currentScript.src`. It is possible to "clobber" this lookup with otherwise benign HTML on the page, for example: ```html ``` This will cause `document.currentScript.src` to resolve as an external domain, which will then be used by Pagefind to load dependencies. This exploit would only work in the case that an attacker could inject HTML to your live, hosted, website. In these cases, this would act as a way to escalate the privilege available to an attacker. This assumes they have the ability to add some elements to the page (for example, `img` tags with a `name` attribute), but not others, as adding a `script` to the page would itself be the XSS vector. Pagefind has tightened this resolution by ensuring the source is loaded from a valid script element. There are no reports of this being exploited in the wild via Pagefind. Original Report If an attacker can inject benign html, such as: `` they can clobber `document.currentScript.src` leading to XSS in your library. Here is the same attack on webpack that was accepted: https://github.com/webpack/webpack/security/advisories/GHSA-4vvj-4cpr-p986

Related

Alias · CVE (1)

  • CVE-2024-45389 Pagefind, a fully static search library, initializes its dynamic JavaScript and WebAssembly files relative to the location of the first… vulnerability

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation weakness

References