Information Exposure

Affecting webpack-dev-server package, versions <3.1.11

Overview

webpack-dev-server Uses webpack with a development server that provides live reloading. It should be used for development only.

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Information Exposure. The origin of requests is not checked by the WebSocket server, which is used for HMR. A malicious user could receive the HMR message sent by the WebSocket server via a ws://127.0.0.1:8080/ connection from any origin.

Remediation

Upgrade webpack-dev-server to version 3.1.11 or higher.

References

• GitHub Commit

• GitHub Issue

• NPM Security Advisory