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Wire CVE-2021-41101

MEDIUM
Cross-site Scripting (XSS) (CWE-79)
2021-09-30 security-advisories@github.com
5.7
CVSS 3.1 · Vendor: github
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Vendor (github) PRIMARY
5.7 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Primary rating from Vendor (github) · only source for this CVE.

CVSS VectorVendor: github

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
Required
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
None

Lifecycle Timeline

1
CVE Published
Sep 30, 2021 - 20:15 cve.org
MEDIUM 5.7

DescriptionCVE.org

wire-server is an open-source back end for Wire, a secure collaboration platform. Before version 2.106.0, the CORS Access-Control-Allow-Origin header set by nginz is set for all subdomains of .wire.com (including wire.com). This means that if somebody were to find an XSS vector in any of the subdomains, they could use it to talk to the Wire API using the user's Cookie. A patch does not exist, but a workaround does. To make sure that a compromise of one subdomain does not yield access to the cookie of another, one may limit the Access-Control-Allow-Origin header to apps that actually require the cookie (account-pages, team-settings and the webapp).

AnalysisAI

wire-server is an open-source back end for Wire, a secure collaboration platform. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.7), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Technical ContextAI

This vulnerability is classified as Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) (CWE-79), which allows attackers to inject malicious scripts into web pages viewed by other users. wire-server is an open-source back end for Wire, a secure collaboration platform. Before version 2.106.0, the CORS Access-Control-Allow-Origin header set by nginz is set for all subdomains of .wire.com (including wire.com). This means that if somebody were to find an XSS vector in any of the subdomains, they could use it to talk to the Wire API using the user's Cookie. A patch does not exist, but a workaround does. To make sure that a compromise of one subdomain does not yield access to the cookie of another, one may limit the Access-Control-Allow-Origin header to apps that actually require the cookie (account-pages, team-settings and the webapp). Affected products include: Wire Wire Server. Version information: version 2.106.0.

RemediationAI

No vendor patch is available at time of analysis. Monitor vendor advisories for updates. Sanitize all user input, use Content-Security-Policy headers, encode output contextually (HTML, JS, URL). Use frameworks with built-in XSS protection.

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