CVE-2023-5654 - CVE House
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Status published Medium CVE-2023-5654

The React Developer Tools extension registers a message listener with...

Vulnerability Description

The React Developer Tools extension registers a message listener with window.addEventListener('message', <listener>) in a content script that is accessible to any webpage that is active in the browser. Within the listener is code that requests a URL derived from the received message via fetch(). The URL is not validated or sanitised before it is fetched, thus allowing a malicious web page to arbitrarily fetch URL’s via the victim's browser.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

The following person or organization is credited with identifying this vulnerability, as recorded in the NVD database:

  • Calum Hutton, Snyk

Affected Vendor

Affected Software

React Developer Tools Extension
Vulnerable Versions:
< 4.28.4

Timeline

Official Publish: October 19th, 2023
Last Modified: September 12th, 2024
Added to House: July 22nd, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L

Weaknesses (CWE)