Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the fallback authentication endpoint
Moderate severity
GitHub Reviewed
Published
Oct 16, 2020
in
matrix-org/synapse
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Updated Jan 10, 2023
Description
Reviewed
Oct 16, 2020
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database
Oct 16, 2020
Last updated
Jan 10, 2023
Credits
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dkasak Analyst
Impact
The fallback authentication endpoint served via Synapse was vulnerable to cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks. The impact depends on the configuration of the domain that Synapse is deployed on, but may allow access to cookies and other browser data, CSRF vulnerabilities, and access to other resources served on the same domain or parent domains.
Patches
This is fixed by #8444, which is included in Synapse v1.21.0.
Workarounds
If the homeserver is not configured to use reCAPTCHA, consent (terms of service), or single sign-on then the affected endpoint can be blocked at a reverse proxy:
/_matrix/client/r0/auth/.*/fallback/web/_matrix/client/unstable/auth/.*/fallback/webReferences