When Vite's HTML transformation is invoked manually via server.transformIndexHtml, the original request URL is passed in unmodified, and the html being transformed contains inline module scripts (<script type="module">...</script>), it is possible to inject arbitrary HTML into the transformed output by supplying a malicious URL query string to server.transformIndexHtml.
Impact
Only apps using appType: 'custom' and using the default Vite HTML middleware are affected. The HTML entry must also contain an inline script. The attack requires a user to click on a malicious URL while running the dev server. Restricted files aren't exposed to the attacker.
Patches
Fixed in vite@5.0.5, vite@4.5.1, vite@4.4.12
Details
Suppose index.html contains an inline module script:
<script type="module">
// Inline script
</script>
This script is transformed into a proxy script like
so the url passed to server.transformIndexHtml is /index.html.
However, if appType: 'custom', HTML is served manually, and if server.transformIndexHtml is called with the unmodified request URL (as the SSR docs suggest), then the path of the transformed html-proxy script varies with the request URL. For example, a request with path / produces
However, since this vulnerability affects server.transformIndexHtml, the scope of impact may be higher to also include other ad-hoc calls to server.transformIndexHtml from outside of Vite's own codebase.
My best guess at bisecting which versions are vulnerable involves the following test script
import fs from 'node:fs/promises';
import * as vite from 'vite';
const html = `
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="UTF-8" />
</head>
<body>
<script type="module">
// Inline script
</script>
</body>
</html>
`;
const server = await vite.createServer({ appType: 'custom' });
const transformed = await server.transformIndexHtml('/?%22%3E%3C/script%3E%3Cscript%3Ealert(%27boom%27)%3C/script%3E', html);
console.log(transformed);
await server.close();
and using it I was able to narrow down to #13581. If this is correct, then vulnerable Vite versions are 4.4.0-beta.2 and higher (which includes 4.4.0).
Release Notes
vitejs/vite (vite)
### [`v5.0.5`](https://togithub.com/vitejs/vite/blob/HEAD/packages/vite/CHANGELOG.md#small505-2023-12-04-small)
[Compare Source](https://togithub.com/vitejs/vite/compare/v5.0.4...v5.0.5)
- fix: emit `vite:preloadError` for chunks without deps ([#15203](https://togithub.com/vitejs/vite/issues/15203)) ([d8001c5](https://togithub.com/vitejs/vite/commit/d8001c5)), closes [#15203](https://togithub.com/vitejs/vite/issues/15203)
- fix: esbuild glob import resolve error ([#15140](https://togithub.com/vitejs/vite/issues/15140)) ([676804d](https://togithub.com/vitejs/vite/commit/676804d)), closes [#15140](https://togithub.com/vitejs/vite/issues/15140)
- fix: json error with position ([#15225](https://togithub.com/vitejs/vite/issues/15225)) ([14be75f](https://togithub.com/vitejs/vite/commit/14be75f)), closes [#15225](https://togithub.com/vitejs/vite/issues/15225)
- fix: proxy html path should be encoded ([#15223](https://togithub.com/vitejs/vite/issues/15223)) ([5b85040](https://togithub.com/vitejs/vite/commit/5b85040)), closes [#15223](https://togithub.com/vitejs/vite/issues/15223)
- fix(deps): update all non-major dependencies ([#15233](https://togithub.com/vitejs/vite/issues/15233)) ([ad3adda](https://togithub.com/vitejs/vite/commit/ad3adda)), closes [#15233](https://togithub.com/vitejs/vite/issues/15233)
- fix(hmr): don't consider CSS dep as a circular dep ([#15229](https://togithub.com/vitejs/vite/issues/15229)) ([5f2cdec](https://togithub.com/vitejs/vite/commit/5f2cdec)), closes [#15229](https://togithub.com/vitejs/vite/issues/15229)
- feat: add '\*.mov' to client.d.ts ([#15189](https://togithub.com/vitejs/vite/issues/15189)) ([d93a211](https://togithub.com/vitejs/vite/commit/d93a211)), closes [#15189](https://togithub.com/vitejs/vite/issues/15189)
- feat(server): allow disabling built-in shortcuts ([#15218](https://togithub.com/vitejs/vite/issues/15218)) ([7fd7c6c](https://togithub.com/vitejs/vite/commit/7fd7c6c)), closes [#15218](https://togithub.com/vitejs/vite/issues/15218)
- chore: replace 'some' with 'includes' in resolveEnvPrefix ([#15220](https://togithub.com/vitejs/vite/issues/15220)) ([ee12f30](https://togithub.com/vitejs/vite/commit/ee12f30)), closes [#15220](https://togithub.com/vitejs/vite/issues/15220)
- chore: update the website url for homepage in package.json ([#15181](https://togithub.com/vitejs/vite/issues/15181)) ([282bd8f](https://togithub.com/vitejs/vite/commit/282bd8f)), closes [#15181](https://togithub.com/vitejs/vite/issues/15181)
- chore: update vitest to 1.0.0-beta.6 ([#15194](https://togithub.com/vitejs/vite/issues/15194)) ([2fce647](https://togithub.com/vitejs/vite/commit/2fce647)), closes [#15194](https://togithub.com/vitejs/vite/issues/15194)
- refactor: make HMR agnostic to environment ([#15179](https://togithub.com/vitejs/vite/issues/15179)) ([0571b7c](https://togithub.com/vitejs/vite/commit/0571b7c)), closes [#15179](https://togithub.com/vitejs/vite/issues/15179)
- refactor: use dedicated regex methods ([#15228](https://togithub.com/vitejs/vite/issues/15228)) ([0348137](https://togithub.com/vitejs/vite/commit/0348137)), closes [#15228](https://togithub.com/vitejs/vite/issues/15228)
- perf: remove debug only prettifyUrl call ([#15204](https://togithub.com/vitejs/vite/issues/15204)) ([73e971f](https://togithub.com/vitejs/vite/commit/73e971f)), closes [#15204](https://togithub.com/vitejs/vite/issues/15204)
- perf: skip computing sourceRoot in injectSourcesContent ([#15207](https://togithub.com/vitejs/vite/issues/15207)) ([1df1fd1](https://togithub.com/vitejs/vite/commit/1df1fd1)), closes [#15207](https://togithub.com/vitejs/vite/issues/15207)
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GitHub Vulnerability Alerts
CVE-2023-49293
Summary
When Vite's HTML transformation is invoked manually via
server.transformIndexHtml
, the original request URL is passed in unmodified, and thehtml
being transformed contains inline module scripts (<script type="module">...</script>
), it is possible to inject arbitrary HTML into the transformed output by supplying a malicious URL query string toserver.transformIndexHtml
.Impact
Only apps using
appType: 'custom'
and using the default Vite HTML middleware are affected. The HTML entry must also contain an inline script. The attack requires a user to click on a malicious URL while running the dev server. Restricted files aren't exposed to the attacker.Patches
Fixed in vite@5.0.5, vite@4.5.1, vite@4.4.12
Details
Suppose
index.html
contains an inline module script:This script is transformed into a proxy script like
due to Vite's HTML plugin:
https://github.com/vitejs/vite/blob/7fd7c6cebfcad34ae7021ebee28f97b1f28ef3f3/packages/vite/src/node/plugins/html.ts#L429-L465
When
appType: 'spa' | 'mpa'
, Vite serves HTML itself, andhtmlFallbackMiddleware
rewritesreq.url
to the canonical path ofindex.html
,https://github.com/vitejs/vite/blob/73ef074b80fa7252e0c46a37a2c94ba8cba46504/packages/vite/src/node/server/middlewares/htmlFallback.ts#L44-L47
so the
url
passed toserver.transformIndexHtml
is/index.html
.However, if
appType: 'custom'
, HTML is served manually, and ifserver.transformIndexHtml
is called with the unmodified request URL (as the SSR docs suggest), then the path of the transformedhtml-proxy
script varies with the request URL. For example, a request with path/
producesIt is possible to abuse this behavior by crafting a request URL to contain a malicious payload like
so a request to http://localhost:5173/?%22%3E%3C/script%3E%3Cscript%3Ealert(%27boom%27)%3C/script%3E produces HTML output like
which demonstrates XSS.
PoC
vite dev
middleware withappType: 'custom'
?%22%3E%3C/script%3E%3Cscript%3Ealert(%27boom%27)%3C/script%3E
and navigatevite dev
(this shows that vanillavite dev
is not vulnerable, providedhtmlFallbackMiddleware
is used)Detailed Impact
This will probably predominantly affect development-mode SSR, where
vite.transformHtml
is called using the originalreq.url
, per the docs:https://github.com/vitejs/vite/blob/7fd7c6cebfcad34ae7021ebee28f97b1f28ef3f3/docs/guide/ssr.md?plain=1#L114-L126
However, since this vulnerability affects
server.transformIndexHtml
, the scope of impact may be higher to also include other ad-hoc calls toserver.transformIndexHtml
from outside of Vite's own codebase.My best guess at bisecting which versions are vulnerable involves the following test script
and using it I was able to narrow down to #13581. If this is correct, then vulnerable Vite versions are 4.4.0-beta.2 and higher (which includes 4.4.0).
Release Notes
vitejs/vite (vite)
### [`v5.0.5`](https://togithub.com/vitejs/vite/blob/HEAD/packages/vite/CHANGELOG.md#small505-2023-12-04-small) [Compare Source](https://togithub.com/vitejs/vite/compare/v5.0.4...v5.0.5) - fix: emit `vite:preloadError` for chunks without deps ([#15203](https://togithub.com/vitejs/vite/issues/15203)) ([d8001c5](https://togithub.com/vitejs/vite/commit/d8001c5)), closes [#15203](https://togithub.com/vitejs/vite/issues/15203) - fix: esbuild glob import resolve error ([#15140](https://togithub.com/vitejs/vite/issues/15140)) ([676804d](https://togithub.com/vitejs/vite/commit/676804d)), closes [#15140](https://togithub.com/vitejs/vite/issues/15140) - fix: json error with position ([#15225](https://togithub.com/vitejs/vite/issues/15225)) ([14be75f](https://togithub.com/vitejs/vite/commit/14be75f)), closes [#15225](https://togithub.com/vitejs/vite/issues/15225) - fix: proxy html path should be encoded ([#15223](https://togithub.com/vitejs/vite/issues/15223)) ([5b85040](https://togithub.com/vitejs/vite/commit/5b85040)), closes [#15223](https://togithub.com/vitejs/vite/issues/15223) - fix(deps): update all non-major dependencies ([#15233](https://togithub.com/vitejs/vite/issues/15233)) ([ad3adda](https://togithub.com/vitejs/vite/commit/ad3adda)), closes [#15233](https://togithub.com/vitejs/vite/issues/15233) - fix(hmr): don't consider CSS dep as a circular dep ([#15229](https://togithub.com/vitejs/vite/issues/15229)) ([5f2cdec](https://togithub.com/vitejs/vite/commit/5f2cdec)), closes [#15229](https://togithub.com/vitejs/vite/issues/15229) - feat: add '\*.mov' to client.d.ts ([#15189](https://togithub.com/vitejs/vite/issues/15189)) ([d93a211](https://togithub.com/vitejs/vite/commit/d93a211)), closes [#15189](https://togithub.com/vitejs/vite/issues/15189) - feat(server): allow disabling built-in shortcuts ([#15218](https://togithub.com/vitejs/vite/issues/15218)) ([7fd7c6c](https://togithub.com/vitejs/vite/commit/7fd7c6c)), closes [#15218](https://togithub.com/vitejs/vite/issues/15218) - chore: replace 'some' with 'includes' in resolveEnvPrefix ([#15220](https://togithub.com/vitejs/vite/issues/15220)) ([ee12f30](https://togithub.com/vitejs/vite/commit/ee12f30)), closes [#15220](https://togithub.com/vitejs/vite/issues/15220) - chore: update the website url for homepage in package.json ([#15181](https://togithub.com/vitejs/vite/issues/15181)) ([282bd8f](https://togithub.com/vitejs/vite/commit/282bd8f)), closes [#15181](https://togithub.com/vitejs/vite/issues/15181) - chore: update vitest to 1.0.0-beta.6 ([#15194](https://togithub.com/vitejs/vite/issues/15194)) ([2fce647](https://togithub.com/vitejs/vite/commit/2fce647)), closes [#15194](https://togithub.com/vitejs/vite/issues/15194) - refactor: make HMR agnostic to environment ([#15179](https://togithub.com/vitejs/vite/issues/15179)) ([0571b7c](https://togithub.com/vitejs/vite/commit/0571b7c)), closes [#15179](https://togithub.com/vitejs/vite/issues/15179) - refactor: use dedicated regex methods ([#15228](https://togithub.com/vitejs/vite/issues/15228)) ([0348137](https://togithub.com/vitejs/vite/commit/0348137)), closes [#15228](https://togithub.com/vitejs/vite/issues/15228) - perf: remove debug only prettifyUrl call ([#15204](https://togithub.com/vitejs/vite/issues/15204)) ([73e971f](https://togithub.com/vitejs/vite/commit/73e971f)), closes [#15204](https://togithub.com/vitejs/vite/issues/15204) - perf: skip computing sourceRoot in injectSourcesContent ([#15207](https://togithub.com/vitejs/vite/issues/15207)) ([1df1fd1](https://togithub.com/vitejs/vite/commit/1df1fd1)), closes [#15207](https://togithub.com/vitejs/vite/issues/15207)Configuration
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