Webpack's AutoPublicPathRuntimeModule has a DOM Clobbering Gadget that leads to XSS

Description

We discovered a DOM Clobbering vulnerability in Webpack’s AutoPublicPathRuntimeModule. The DOM Clobbering gadget in the module can lead to cross-site scripting (XSS) in web pages where scriptless attacker-controlled HTML elements (e.g., an img tag with an unsanitized name attribute) are present.

Recommendation

Update the webpack package to the latest compatible version. Followings are version details:

• Affected version(s): >= 5.0.0-alpha.0, < 5.94.0
• Patched version(s): 5.94.0

References

• GHSA-4vvj-4cpr-p986
• research.securitum.com
• scnps.co
• CVE-2024-43788
• CWE-79
• CAPEC-310
• OWASP 2021-A3
• OWASP 2021-A6

Related Issues

• Vite DOM Clobbering gadget found in vite bundled scripts that leads to XSS - CVE-2024-45812
• DOM Clobbering Gadget found in rollup bundled scripts that leads to XSS - CVE-2024-47068
• DOM Clobbering Gadget found in astro's client-side router that leads to XSS - CVE-2024-47885
• Layui has DOM Clobbering gadgets that leads to Cross-site Scripting - CVE-2024-47075

Tags:

npm

webpack