Improper Verification of Communication Channel in @theia/plugin-ext

Description

In versions of the @theia/plugin-ext component of Eclipse Theia prior to 1.18.0, Webview contents can be hijacked via postMessage().

Recommendation

Update the @theia/plugin-ext package to the latest compatible version. Followings are version details:

• Affected version(s): < 1.18.0
• Patched version(s): 1.18.0

References

• GHSA-w6v7-w58j-pg5r
• bugs.eclipse.org
• CVE-2021-41038
• CWE-940
• CAPEC-310
• OWASP 2021-A6
• OWASP 2021-A7

Related Issues

• Improper Neutralization of Input in Theia console - CVE-2021-28161
• Improper Verification of Cryptographic Signature - CVE-2021-32685
• Improper Input Validation in sanitize-html (GHSA-mjxr-4v3x-q3m4) - CVE-2021-26540
• Insufficient Verification of Data Authenticity in Eclipse Theia - CVE-2019-17636

Tags:

npm

@theia/plugin-ext