Description
AuthRestServlet in Matrix Synapse before 1.21.0 is vulnerable to XSS due to unsafe interpolation of the session GET parameter. This allows a remote attacker to execute an XSS attack on the domain Synapse is hosted on, by supplying the victim user with a malicious URL to the /_matrix/client/r0/auth/*/fallback/web or /_matrix/client/unstable/auth/*/fallback/web Synapse endpoints.
Published: 2020-10-19
Score: 6.1 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2020-0108 AuthRestServlet in Matrix Synapse before 1.21.0 is vulnerable to XSS due to unsafe interpolation of the session GET parameter. This allows a remote attacker to execute an XSS attack on the domain Synapse is hosted on, by supplying the victim user with a malicious URL to the /_matrix/client/r0/auth/*/fallback/web or /_matrix/client/unstable/auth/*/fallback/web Synapse endpoints.
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-3x8c-fmpc-5rmq Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the fallback authentication endpoint
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Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-04T16:03:22.630Z

Reserved: 2020-10-08T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2020-26891

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Status : Modified

Published: 2020-10-19T17:15:13.220

Modified: 2024-11-21T05:20:25.413

Link: CVE-2020-26891

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