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Automattic · Report #1100326

Reflected XSS due to vulnerable version of sockjs

Validstatus
mediumseverity
13upvotes
29 Apr 2022disclosed

How it was found

Summary:

There is reflected XSS on *.simperium.com. The bug exists due to a vulnerable version of sockjs library.

Platform(s) Affected:

simperium.com js.simperium.com

Steps To Reproduce:

  1. Visit https://simperium.com/sock/1/0/0/0/htmlfile?c=alert('XSS')//
  2. You will see an alert message because of executed JS

Impact

XSS may be used by an attacker to perform a lot of things, for example, to steal user session

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