CVE-2023-49293CWE-79

Cross-site Scripting in `server.transformIndexHtml` via URL payload in vite

Medium · published December 4, 2023

CVSS v3.1
6.1
EPSS
1%
Percentile
62.4
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

Vite is a website frontend framework. When Vite's HTML transformation is invoked manually via `server.transformIndexHtml`, the original request URL is passed in unmodified, and the `html` being transformed contains inline module scripts (`<script type="module">...</script>`), it is possible to inject arbitrary HTML into the transformed output by supplying a malicious URL query string to `server.transformIndexHtml`. Only apps using `appType: 'custom'` and using the default Vite HTML middleware are affected. The HTML entry must also contain an inline script. The attack requires a user to click on a malicious URL while running the dev server. Restricted files aren't exposed to the attacker. This issue has been addressed in [email protected], [email protected], and [email protected]. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
6.1 · MEDIUM
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00997 · 62.4th percentile
Weakness
CWE-79 · Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
Published
2023-12-04T23:03Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 04 DEC 23:03Z
    Cross-site Scripting in `server.transformIndexHtml` via URL payload in vite
    cvelistv5