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Verified profile links can be formatted in a misleading way

Moderate
Gargron published GHSA-55j9-c3mp-6fcq Jul 6, 2023

Package

No package listed

Affected versions

>= 2.6.0

Patched versions

4.1.3, 4.0.5, 3.5.9

Description

Summary

An attacker can craft a verified profile link using specific formatting to conceal arbitrary parts of the link, enabling it to appear to link to a different URL altogether.

Impact

The link is visually misleading, but clicking on it will reveal the actual link. This can still be used for phishing, though, similar to IDN homograph attacks.

Severity

Moderate
5.4
/ 10

CVSS base metrics

Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
None
User interaction
Required
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
None
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N

CVE ID

CVE-2023-36462

Weaknesses

No CWEs

Credits