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@sveltejs/kit vulnerable to XSS on dev mode 404 page

Low severity GitHub Reviewed Published Nov 25, 2024 in sveltejs/kit • Updated Jan 22, 2025

Package

npm @sveltejs/kit (npm)

Affected versions

< 2.8.3

Patched versions

2.8.3

Description

Summary

"Unsanitized input from the request URL flows into end, where it is used to render an HTML page returned to the user. This may result in a Cross-Site Scripting attack (XSS)."

Details

Source of potentially tainted data is in packages/kit/src/exports/vite/dev/index.js, line 437. This potentially tainted data is passed through a number of steps (which I could detail if you'd like) all the way down to line 91 in packages/kit/src/exports/vite/utils.js, which performs an operation that Snyk believes an attacker shouldn't be allowed to manipulate.

Another source of potentially tainted data (according to Snyk) comes from ‎packages/kit/src/exports/vite/utils.js, line 30, col 30 (i.e., the url property of req). This potentially tainted data is passed through a number of steps (which I could detail if you'd like) all the way down line 91 in packages/kit/src/exports/vite/utils.js, which performs an operation that Snyk believes an attacker shouldn't be allowed to manipulate.

PoC

Not provided

Impact

Little to none. The Vite development is not exposed to the network by default. And even if someone were able to trick a developer into executing an XSS against themselves, a development database should not have any sensitive data.

References

@benmccann benmccann published to sveltejs/kit Nov 25, 2024
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database Nov 25, 2024
Reviewed Nov 25, 2024
Published by the National Vulnerability Database Nov 25, 2024
Last updated Jan 22, 2025

Severity

Low

CVSS overall score

This score calculates overall vulnerability severity from 0 to 10 and is based on the Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS).
/ 10

CVSS v3 base metrics

Attack vector
Adjacent
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
None
User interaction
Required
Scope
Changed
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
None

CVSS v3 base metrics

Attack vector: More severe the more the remote (logically and physically) an attacker can be in order to exploit the vulnerability.
Attack complexity: More severe for the least complex attacks.
Privileges required: More severe if no privileges are required.
User interaction: More severe when no user interaction is required.
Scope: More severe when a scope change occurs, e.g. one vulnerable component impacts resources in components beyond its security scope.
Confidentiality: More severe when loss of data confidentiality is highest, measuring the level of data access available to an unauthorized user.
Integrity: More severe when loss of data integrity is the highest, measuring the consequence of data modification possible by an unauthorized user.
Availability: More severe when the loss of impacted component availability is highest.
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:N

EPSS score

Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)

This score estimates the probability of this vulnerability being exploited within the next 30 days. Data provided by FIRST.
(11th percentile)

Weaknesses

CVE ID

CVE-2024-53261

GHSA ID

GHSA-rjjv-87mx-6x3h

Source code

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