🚨 [security] Update koa 2.16.0 → 2.16.1 (patch)

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This dependency update fixes known security vulnerabilities. Please see the details below and assess their impact carefully. We recommend to merge and deploy this as soon as possible!

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What changed?

✳️ koa (2.16.0 → 2.16.1) · Repo · Changelog

Security Advisories 🚨

🚨 Koajs vulnerable to Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) at ctx.redirect() function

Summary

In koa < 2.16.1 and < 3.0.0-alpha.5, passing untrusted user input to ctx.redirect() even after sanitizing it, may execute javascript code on the user who use the app.

Patches

This issue is patched in 2.16.1 and 3.0.0-alpha.5.

PoC

https://gist.github.com/linhnph05/03d677b183636af206ff781bdd19701a

Impact

1. Redirect user to another phishing site
2. Make request to another endpoint of the application based on user's cookie
3. Steal user's cookie

Release Notes

2.16.1

fix: don't render redirect values in anchor ref

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Commits

See the full diff on Github. The new version differs by 1 commit:

• 2.16.1

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