CVE-2020-26891

Published Oct 19, 2020 CVSS 3.1 · 6.1 Medium EPSS 1.9% KEV · Not listed
Description
AuthRestServlet in Matrix Synapse before 1.21.0 is vulnerable to XSS due to unsafe interpolation of the session GET parameter. This allows a remote attacker to execute an XSS attack on the domain Synapse is hosted on, by supplying the victim user with a malicious URL to the /_matrix/client/r0/auth/*/fallback/web or /_matrix/client/unstable/auth/*/fallback/web Synapse endpoints.

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Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2020-0108 AuthRestServlet in Matrix Synapse before 1.21.0 is vulnerable to XSS due to unsafe interpolation of the session GET parameter. This allows a remote attacker to execute an XSS attack on the domain Synapse is hosted on, by supplying the victim user with a malicious URL to the /_matrix/client/r0/auth/*/fallback/web or /_matrix/client/unstable/auth/*/fallback/web Synapse endpoints.
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-3x8c-fmpc-5rmq Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the fallback authentication endpoint
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mitre
Published
Updated
Aug 4, 2024, 4:03 PM
Reserved
Oct 8, 2020, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Oct 19, 2020, 5:15 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 3:08 AM