webpack/webpack-dev-server · Security
Missing Origin Validation in webpack-dev-server
- GHSA ID
- GHSA-cf66-xwfp-gvc4
- CVE ID
- CVE-2018-14732
- Severity
- high
- Published
- Updated
- CVSS
- 7.5 · CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- CVSS v3
- 7.5 · CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Description
Versions of webpack-dev-server before 3.1.10 are missing origin validation on the websocket server. This vulnerability allows a remote attacker to steal a developer's source code because the origin of requests to the websocket server that is used for Hot Module Replacement (HMR) are not validated.
Recommendation
For webpack-dev-server update to version 3.1.11 or later.
CWEs
- CWE-20 · Improper Input Validation
References
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-14732 ↗
- https://github.com/webpack/webpack-dev-server/commit/f18e5adf123221a1015be63e1ca2491ca45b8d10 ↗
- https://www.npmjs.com/advisories/725 ↗
- https://github.com/webpack/webpack-dev-server/issues/1445 ↗
- https://github.com/webpack/webpack-dev-server/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md#3111-2018-12-21 ↗
- https://github.com/webpack/webpack-dev-server/issues/1620 ↗
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-cf66-xwfp-gvc4 ↗