Reflected script execution via error-page query
Published Dec 11, 2022 · Updated Apr 14, 2025
Cross-site scripting in Nuxt before 3.0.0-rc.13 allows remote attackers to execute script in a victim browser via a crafted error-page request. The Nitro renderer accepted direct /__nuxt_error requests and processed attacker-controlled query data without the guard later added by commit 253c8f7, allowing reflected markup or script to reach the response. Exploitation requires a victim to request or follow a crafted URL; the consequence is script execution in the application origin with the confidentiality and integrity exposure typical of reflected XSS.
Summary
What happened
Cross-site scripting in Nuxt before 3.0.0-rc.13 allows remote attackers to execute script in a victim browser via a crafted error-page request. The Nitro renderer accepted direct /__nuxt_error requests and processed attacker-controlled query data without the guard later added by commit 253c8f7, allowing reflected markup or script to reach the response. Exploitation requires a victim to request or follow a crafted URL; the consequence is script execution in the application origin with the confidentiality and integrity exposure typical of reflected XSS.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2022-4413
- Published
- Dec 11, 2022
- Updated
- Apr 14, 2025
- Vendor
- Nuxt
- Product
- Nuxt
- Classifications
- CWE-79, T1189
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Dec 11, 2022CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Apr 14, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=unspecified <v3.0.0-rc.13
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