Improper Verification of Communication Channel in @theia/plugin-ext · CVE-2021-41038 · GitHub Advisory Database · GitHub

Improper Verification of Communication Channel in @theia/plugin-ext

Moderate severity GitHub Reviewed Published Nov 15, 2021 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Feb 1, 2023

Package

@theia/plugin-ext (npm)

Affected versions

< 1.18.0

Patched versions

1.18.0

Description

In versions of the @theia/plugin-ext component of Eclipse Theia prior to 1.18.0, Webview contents can be hijacked via postMessage().

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database

Nov 10, 2021

Reviewed Nov 12, 2021

Published to the GitHub Advisory Database Nov 15, 2021

Last updated Feb 1, 2023

Severity

Moderate

6.1

/ 10

CVSS base metrics

Attack vector

Network

Attack complexity

Low

Privileges required

None

User interaction

Required

Scope

Changed

Confidentiality

Low

Integrity

Low

Availability

None

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