Reverse Tabnapping in swagger-ui

Description

Versions of swagger-ui prior to 3.18.0 are vulnerable to Reverse Tabnapping. The package uses target='_blank' in anchor tags, allowing attackers to access window.opener for the original page. This is commonly used for phishing attacks.

Recommendation

Update the swagger-ui package to the latest compatible version. Followings are version details:

• Affected version(s): < 3.18.0
• Patched version(s): 3.18.0

References

• GHSA-x9p2-fxq6-2m5f
• snyk.io
• www.npmjs.com
• CWE-1022

Related Issues

• Cross-Site Scripting in swagger-ui (GHSA-4f9m-pxwh-68hg) - Vulnerability
• Spoofing attack in swagger-ui - CVE-2018-25031
• Cross-site scripting in Swagger-UI - CVE-2019-17495
• Prototype Pollution in vConsole - CVE-2023-30363

Tags:

npm

swagger-ui