GHSA-6q87-84jw-cjhp
@sveltejs/kit vulnerable to Cross-site Scripting via tracked search_params
Packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| npm | @sveltejs/kit | >= 2.0.0, < 2.20.6 | 2.20.6 |
Details
As written in the advisory (Markdown source, shown as plain text).
### Summary
Unsanitized search param names cause XSS vulnerability. You are affected if you iterate over all entries of `event.url.searchParams` inside a server `load` function. Attackers can exploit it by crafting a malicious URL and getting a user to click a link with said URL.
### Details
SvelteKit tracks which parameters in `event.url.searchParams` are read inside server `load` functions. If the application iterates over the these parameters, the `uses.search_params` array included in the boot script (embedded in the server-rendered HTML) will have any search param name included in unsanitized form.
`packages/kit/src/runtime/server/utils.js:150` has the `stringify_uses(node)` function which prints these out.
### Reproduction
In a `+page.server.js` or `+layout.server.js`:
```js
/** @type {import('@sveltejs/kit').Load} */
export function load(event) {
const values = {};
for (const key of event.url.searchParams.keys()) {
values[key] = event.url.searchParams.get(key);
}
}
```
If a user visits the page in question via a link containing `?</script/><script>window.pwned%3D1</script/>`, the `</script>` will be included verbatim in the payload, causing the embedded script to be executed.
It is not necessary to return the parameter value from `load` or render it in the page, only to read it (which causes it to be tracked as a dependency) while `load` is running.
### Impact
Any application that iterates over all values in `event.url.searchParams` in a `load` function in `+page.server.js` or `+layout.server.js` (directly or indirectly) is vulnerable to XSS.
References
External links from the advisory. They lead to third-party sites.
- https://github.com/sveltejs/kit/security/advisories/GHSA-6q87-84jw-cjhp
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-32388
- https://github.com/sveltejs/kit/commit/d3300c6a67908590266c363dba7b0835d9a194cf
- https://github.com/sveltejs/kit
- https://github.com/sveltejs/kit/releases/tag/%40sveltejs%2Fkit%402.20.6