GHSA-2452-6xj8-jh47
Opening a malicious website while running a Nuxt dev server could allow read-only access to code
Packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| npm | @nuxt/vite-builder | >= 3.8.1, < 3.15.3 | 3.15.3 |
Details
As written in the advisory (Markdown source, shown as plain text).
### Summary
Nuxt allows any websites to send any requests to the development server and read the response due to default CORS settings.
### Details
While Vite patched the default CORS settings to fix https://github.com/vitejs/vite/security/advisories/GHSA-vg6x-rcgg-rjx6, nuxt uses its own CORS handler by default (https://github.com/nuxt/nuxt/pull/23995).
https://github.com/nuxt/nuxt/blob/7d345c71462d90187fd09c96c7692f306c90def5/packages/vite/src/client.ts#L257-L263
That CORS handler sets `Access-Control-Allow-Origin: *`.
> [!IMPORTANT]
> If on an affected version, it may be possible to opt-out of the default Nuxt CORS handler by configuring `vite.server.cors`.
### PoC
1. Start a dev server in any nuxt project using Vite by `nuxt dev`.
2. Send a fetch request to `http://localhost:3000/_nuxt/app.vue` (`fetch('http://localhost:3000/_nuxt/app.vue')`) from a different origin page.
### Impact
Users with the default server.cors option using Vite builder may get the source code stolen by malicious websites
### Additional Information
`/__nuxt_vite_node__/manifest` / `/__nuxt_vite_node__/module` also seems to have `Access-Control-Allow-Origin: *`, so it maybe also possible to exploit that handler.
https://github.com/nuxt/nuxt/blob/7d345c71462d90187fd09c96c7692f306c90def5/packages/vite/src/vite-node.ts#L39
Although I didn't find a valid module id.
Note that this handler is probably also vulnerable to DNS rebinding attacks as I didn't find any host header checks.
References
External links from the advisory. They lead to third-party sites.
- https://github.com/nuxt/nuxt/security/advisories/GHSA-2452-6xj8-jh47
- https://github.com/vitejs/vite/security/advisories/GHSA-vg6x-rcgg-rjx6
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-24360
- https://github.com/nuxt/nuxt/pull/23995
- https://github.com/nuxt/nuxt/commit/7eeb910bf4accb1e0193b9178c746f06ad3dd88f
- https://github.com/nuxt/nuxt
- https://github.com/nuxt/nuxt/blob/7d345c71462d90187fd09c96c7692f306c90def5/packages/vite/src/client.ts#L257-L263
- https://github.com/nuxt/nuxt/blob/7d345c71462d90187fd09c96c7692f306c90def5/packages/vite/src/vite-node.ts#L39