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GHSA-w937-fg2h-xhq2: locize Client SDK: Cross-origin DOM XSS & Handler Hijack Through Missing e.origin Validation in InContext Editor

April 22, 2026

Versions of the locize client SDK (the browser module that wires up the locize InContext translation editor) prior to 4.0.21 register a window.addEventListener("message", …) handler that dispatches to registered internal handlers (editKey, commitKey, commitKeys, isLocizeEnabled, requestInitialize, …) without validating event.origin.

The pre-patch listener in src/api/postMessage.js gates dispatch on event.data.sender === "i18next-editor-frame" — that value sits inside the attacker-controlled message payload, not the browser-enforced origin. Any web page that could embed or be embedded by a locize-enabled host — an iframe on a third-party page, a window.open-ed victim, a parent frame reaching down — could send a crafted postMessage and trigger the internal handlers.

References

  • developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Window/postMessage
  • github.com/advisories/GHSA-w937-fg2h-xhq2
  • github.com/locize/locize
  • github.com/locize/locize/commit/d006b75fadb8e8ab77b023e462850fc6e9170735
  • github.com/locize/locize/releases/tag/v4.0.21
  • github.com/locize/locize/security/advisories/GHSA-w937-fg2h-xhq2

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Affected versions

All versions before 4.0.21

Fixed versions

  • 4.0.21

Solution

Upgrade to version 4.0.21 or above.

Impact 7.5 HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:H/A:L

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Weakness

  • CWE-346: Origin Validation Error
  • CWE-79: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

Source file

npm/locize/GHSA-w937-fg2h-xhq2.yml

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