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PYSEC-2020-238

PYSEC-2020-238 PUBLISHED CVSS 8.5 HIGH

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.

Risk Scores

CVSS v4.0
8.5
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Affected Products

VendorProductVersions
PyPImatrix-synapse0, 0.33.5, 0.33.5.1

Timeline

  • Oct 19, 2020 CVE Published
  • Nov 8, 2023 CVE Updated
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