CVE - CVE-2024-43788

CVE-ID
CVE-2024-43788	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
Description
Webpack is a module bundler. Its main purpose is to bundle JavaScript files for usage in a browser, yet it is also capable of transforming, bundling, or packaging just about any resource or asset. The webpack developers have 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. Real-world exploitation of this gadget has been observed in the Canvas LMS which allows a XSS attack to happen through a javascript code compiled by Webpack (the vulnerable part is from Webpack). DOM Clobbering is a type of code-reuse attack where the attacker first embeds a piece of non-script, seemingly benign HTML markups in the webpage (e.g. through a post or comment) and leverages the gadgets (pieces of js code) living in the existing javascript code to transform it into executable code. This vulnerability can lead to cross-site scripting (XSS) on websites that include Webpack-generated files and allow users to inject certain scriptless HTML tags with improperly sanitized name or id attributes. This issue has been addressed in release version 5.94.0. All users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this issue.
References
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MISC:https://github.com/webpack/webpack/commit/955e057abc6cc83cbc3fa1e1ef67a49758bf5a61 URL:https://github.com/webpack/webpack/commit/955e057abc6cc83cbc3fa1e1ef67a49758bf5a61 MISC:https://github.com/webpack/webpack/issues/18718#issuecomment-2326296270 URL:https://github.com/webpack/webpack/issues/18718#issuecomment-2326296270 MISC:https://github.com/webpack/webpack/security/advisories/GHSA-4vvj-4cpr-p986 URL:https://github.com/webpack/webpack/security/advisories/GHSA-4vvj-4cpr-p986 MISC:https://research.securitum.com/xss-in-amp4email-dom-clobbering URL:https://research.securitum.com/xss-in-amp4email-dom-clobbering MISC:https://scnps.co/papers/sp23_domclob.pdf URL:https://scnps.co/papers/sp23_domclob.pdf
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Date Record Created
20240816	Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
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Assigned (20240816)
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