CVE-2020-4038 HIGH

CVE-2020-4038: Reflected XSS in GraphQL Playground

Vendor Prisma-Labs
Product graphql-playground
Weakness CWE-79 · XSS
Published June 8, 2020
Last update August 4, 2024

CVSS base score

7.4/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction Required
Confidentiality None
Integrity High

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N

What the vulnerability does

01Description

GraphQL Playground (graphql-playground-html NPM package) before version 1.6.22 have a severe XSS Reflection attack vulnerability. All unsanitized user input passed into renderPlaygroundPage() method could trigger this vulnerability. This has been patched in graphql-playground-html version 1.6.22. Note that some of the associated dependent middleware packages are also affected including but not limited to graphql-playground-middleware-express before version 1.7.16, graphql-playground-middleware-koa before version 1.6.15, graphql-playground-middleware-lambda before version 1.7.17, and graphql-playground-middleware-hapi before 1.6.13.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

June 8, 2020 CVE published
August 4, 2024 Record updated