CVE-2023-5654CWE-285

The React Developer Tools extension registers a message listener with window.addEventListener('message', <listener>) in a content script that is accessible to…

Medium · published October 19, 2023

CVSS v3.1
6.5
EPSS
1%
Percentile
45.8
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

The React Developer Tools extension registers a message listener with window.addEventListener('message', <listener>) in a content script that is accessible to any webpage that is active in the browser. Within the listener is code that requests a URL derived from the received message via fetch(). The URL is not validated or sanitised before it is fetched, thus allowing a malicious web page to arbitrarily fetch URL’s via the victim's browser.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
6.5 · MEDIUM
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00558 · 45.8th percentile
Weakness
CWE-285 · Improper Authorization
Published
2023-10-19T14:28Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 19 OCT 14:28Z
    The React Developer Tools extension registers a message listener with window.addEventListener('message', <listener>) in a content script that is accessible to…
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