GHSA-3x8c-fmpc-5rmq

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Source
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-3x8c-fmpc-5rmq
Import Source
https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2020/10/GHSA-3x8c-fmpc-5rmq/GHSA-3x8c-fmpc-5rmq.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/GHSA-3x8c-fmpc-5rmq
Aliases
Published
2020-10-16T16:56:04Z
Modified
2024-09-24T18:06:15.457794Z
Severity
  • 6.1 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N CVSS Calculator
  • 5.1 (Medium) CVSS_V4 - CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N CVSS Calculator
Summary
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the fallback authentication endpoint
Details

Impact

The fallback authentication endpoint served via Synapse was vulnerable to cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks. The impact depends on the configuration of the domain that Synapse is deployed on, but may allow access to cookies and other browser data, CSRF vulnerabilities, and access to other resources served on the same domain or parent domains.

Patches

This is fixed by #8444, which is included in Synapse v1.21.0.

Workarounds

If the homeserver is not configured to use reCAPTCHA, consent (terms of service), or single sign-on then the affected endpoint can be blocked at a reverse proxy:

  • /_matrix/client/r0/auth/.*/fallback/web
  • /_matrix/client/unstable/auth/.*/fallback/web
Database specific
{
    "nvd_published_at": null,
    "cwe_ids": [
        "CWE-79"
    ],
    "severity": "MODERATE",
    "github_reviewed": true,
    "github_reviewed_at": "2020-10-16T16:55:42Z"
}
References

Affected packages

PyPI / matrix-synapse

Package

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.21.0

Affected versions

0.*

0.33.5
0.33.5.1
0.33.6rc1
0.33.6
0.33.7rc1
0.33.7rc2
0.33.7
0.33.8rc2
0.33.8
0.33.9
0.34.0rc1
0.34.0rc2
0.34.0
0.34.0.1
0.34.1.1
0.99.0rc1
0.99.0rc2
0.99.0rc3
0.99.0rc4
0.99.0
0.99.1rc1
0.99.1rc2
0.99.1
0.99.1.1
0.99.2rc1
0.99.2
0.99.3rc1
0.99.3
0.99.3.1
0.99.3.2
0.99.4rc1
0.99.4
0.99.5rc1
0.99.5
0.99.5.1
0.99.5.2

1.*

1.0.0rc1
1.0.0rc2
1.0.0rc3
1.0.0
1.1.0rc1
1.1.0rc2
1.1.0
1.2.0rc1
1.2.0rc2
1.2.0
1.2.1
1.3.0rc1
1.3.0
1.3.1
1.4.0rc1
1.4.0rc2
1.4.0
1.4.1rc1
1.4.1
1.5.0rc1
1.5.0rc2
1.5.0
1.5.1
1.6.0rc1
1.6.0rc2
1.6.0
1.6.1
1.7.0rc1
1.7.0rc2
1.7.0
1.7.1
1.7.2
1.7.3
1.8.0rc1
1.8.0
1.9.0.dev1
1.9.0.dev2
1.9.0rc1
1.9.0
1.9.1
1.10.0rc1
1.10.0rc2
1.10.0rc3
1.10.0rc5
1.10.0
1.10.1
1.11.0rc1
1.11.0
1.11.1
1.12.0rc1
1.12.0
1.12.1rc1
1.12.1
1.12.2
1.12.3
1.12.4rc1
1.12.4
1.13.0rc1
1.13.0rc2
1.13.0rc3
1.13.0
1.14.0rc1
1.14.0rc2
1.14.0
1.15.0rc1
1.15.0
1.15.1
1.15.2
1.16.0rc1
1.16.0rc2
1.16.0
1.16.1
1.17.0rc1
1.17.0
1.18.0rc1
1.18.0rc2
1.18.0
1.19.0rc1
1.19.0
1.19.1rc1
1.19.1
1.19.2
1.19.3
1.20.0rc1
1.20.0rc2
1.20.0rc3
1.20.0rc4
1.20.0rc5
1.20.0
1.20.1
1.21.0rc1
1.21.0rc2
1.21.0rc3