What is GHSA-588m-9qg5-35pq?

GHSA-588m-9qg5-35pq is a security advisory published by GitHub Security Advisories with Medium severity. Reverse Tabnabbing in quill

Why does GHSA-588m-9qg5-35pq have no CVE ID yet?

GitHub Security Advisories published this advisory directly to customers before NVD assigned a CVE ID. This is the embargo-window disclosure pattern — vendors notify customers on day 0; NVD's public record follows days to weeks later.

What is the CVSS v3 score of GHSA-588m-9qg5-35pq?

GHSA-588m-9qg5-35pq has a CVSS v3 base score of 6.5, published by GitHub Security Advisories.

Which products are affected by GHSA-588m-9qg5-35pq?

GHSA-588m-9qg5-35pq affects 1 product, including: npm/quill:\u003c 1.3.7.

GHSA-588m-9qg5-35pqMediumCVSS 6.5Disclosed before NVD

Reverse Tabnabbing in quill

Vendor

GitHub Security Advisories

Published

September 3, 2020

Last Modified

January 9, 2023

📋 Description

Versions of quill prior to 1.3.7 are vulnerable to Reverse Tabnabbing. The package uses target='_blank' in anchor tags, allowing attackers to access window.opener for the original page when opening links. This is commonly used for phishing attacks.

Recommendation

No fix is currently available. Consider using an alternative package until a fix is made available.

🎯 Affected products1

npm/quill:< 1.3.7

🔗 References (4)

https://github.com/quilljs/quill/issues/2438
https://github.com/quilljs/quill/pull/2674
https://www.npmjs.com/advisories/1039
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-588m-9qg5-35pq