CVE-2023-30609 — Injection in Matrix-react-sdk

CWE-74 — InjectionCWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting4 documents4 sources
Severity
4.7MEDIUMNVD
CNA5.4
EPSS
0.5%
top 34.56%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
2
Matrix-org Matrix-react-sdkMatrix-react-sdk Project Matrix-react-sdk
Timeline
PublishedApr 25

Description

matrix-react-sdk is a react-based SDK for inserting a Matrix chat/VoIP client into a web page. Prior to version 3.71.0, plain text messages containing HTML tags are rendered as HTML in the search results. To exploit this, an attacker needs to trick a user into searching for a specific message containing an HTML injection payload. No cross-site scripting attack is possible due to the hardcoded content security policy. Version 3.71.0 of the SDK patches over the issue. As a workaround, restarting t…

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:NExploitability: 2.8 | Impact: 1.4

Affected Packages3 packages

▶CVEListV5matrix-org/matrix-react-sdk< 3.71.0

Patches

Patch: github.com ↗Patch: github.com ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
OSV
HTML injection in search results via plaintext message highlighting↗2023-04-25
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GHSA
HTML injection in search results via plaintext message highlighting↗2023-04-25
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CVEList
matrix-react-sdk vulnerable to HTML injection in search results via plaintext message highlighting↗2023-04-25
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CVE-2023-30609 — Injection in Matrix-react-sdk | cvebase