Account hijacking via JavaScript URL navigation race
Published Feb 27, 2025 · Updated Feb 27, 2025
Universal cross-site scripting in Tu Yafeng Via Browser 5.9.0 and earlier allows remote attackers to hijack web sessions. The via.searchText JavaScript bridge opens javascript: URLs, and repeated calls race a navigation so the payload executes in the destination origin. A victim must visit attacker-controlled content or load a malicious advertisement; successful exploitation reads session cookies and impersonates logged-in users across sites.
Summary
What happened
Universal cross-site scripting in Tu Yafeng Via Browser 5.9.0 and earlier allows remote attackers to hijack web sessions. The via.searchText JavaScript bridge opens javascript: URLs, and repeated calls race a navigation so the payload executes in the destination origin. A victim must visit attacker-controlled content or load a malicious advertisement; successful exploitation reads session cookies and impersonates logged-in users across sites.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2024-9285
- Published
- Feb 27, 2025
- Updated
- Feb 27, 2025
- Vendor
- Tu Yafeng
- Product
- Via Browser
- Classifications
- CWE-79, CWE-94, T1189
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Feb 27, 2025CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Feb 27, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
Exploitability
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- Affected versionversion=5.0
- Affected versionversion=5.1
- Affected versionversion=5.2
- Affected versionversion=5.3
- Affected versionversion=5.4
- Affected versionversion=5.5
- Affected versionversion=5.6
- Affected versionversion=5.7
- Affected versionversion=5.8
- Affected versionversion=5.9
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Attacks
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Public exploit references
- Via Browser universal XSS reproductionproof of concept · demonstrated
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