GHSA-jxj7-g6gm-49j7
tarteaucitron: data-cookie attribute can be used to delete arbitrary cookies
Packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| npm | tarteaucitronjs | < 1.33.0 | 1.33.0 |
Details
As written in the advisory (Markdown source, shown as plain text).
### Summary
tarteaucitron provides a list of cookies and buttons to delete them. If an attacker can write HTML with data attributes, they could create an element that silently deletes a cookie when clicked and trick a user to delete this cookie.
### Details
`tarteaucitron.cookie.purge()` is called on any element with the `purgeBtn` class. It does not check if the element is a legitimate tarteaucitron button or if the cookie corresponds to a service handled by tarteaucitron.
### PoC
```html
<a class="purgeBtn" data-cookie="foo">Click me!</a>
```
If someone has a cookie with this name and clicks on the link, the cookie is silently deleted.
### Impact
The impact is limited because this only works on cookies without HttpOnly=true and the attacker has to know the name of the cookie.
References
External links from the advisory. They lead to third-party sites.