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CVE-2024-43368: Trix has a cross-site Scripting vulnerability on copy & paste

August 14, 2024

The Trix editor, versions prior to 2.1.4, is vulnerable to XSS when pasting malicious code. This vulnerability is a bypass of the fix put in place for https://github.com/basecamp/trix/security/advisories/GHSA-qjqp-xr96-cj99. In https://github.com/basecamp/trix/pull/1149, we added sanitation for Trix attachments with a text/html content type. However, Trix only checks the content type on the paste event’s dataTransfer object. As long as the dataTransfer has a content type of text/html, Trix parses its contents and creates an Attachment with them, even if the attachment itself doesn’t have a text/html content type. Trix then uses the attachment content to set the attachment element’s innerHTML.

References

  • developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/DataTransfer
  • github.com/advisories/GHSA-qm2q-9f3q-2vcv
  • github.com/basecamp/trix
  • github.com/basecamp/trix/commit/7656f578af0d03141a72a9d27cb3692e6947dae6
  • github.com/basecamp/trix/pull/1149
  • github.com/basecamp/trix/pull/1156
  • github.com/basecamp/trix/releases/tag/v2.1.4
  • github.com/basecamp/trix/security/advisories/GHSA-qjqp-xr96-cj99
  • github.com/basecamp/trix/security/advisories/GHSA-qm2q-9f3q-2vcv
  • nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-43368

Code Behaviors & Features

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Affected versions

All versions before 2.1.4

Fixed versions

  • 2.1.4

Solution

Upgrade to version 2.1.4 or above.

Impact 6.5 MEDIUM

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

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Weakness

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

Source file

npm/trix/CVE-2024-43368.yml

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