GitHub Advisoryadvisory · npm, crates.io
GHSA-gprj-6m2f-j9hx DOM clobbering could escalate to Cross-site Scripting (XSS)
MEDIUM
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- 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
- https://github.com/CloudCannon/pagefind/security/advisories/GHSA-gprj-6m2f-j9hx web
- https://github.com/webpack/webpack/security/advisories/GHSA-4vvj-4cpr-p986 web
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-45389 advisory
- https://github.com/CloudCannon/pagefind/commit/14ec96864eabaf1d7d809d5da0186a8856261eeb web
- https://github.com/CloudCannon/pagefind package