CVE-2026-123808

Nuxt UI is an intuitive Vue UI library powered by Reka UI and Tailwind CSS. Prior to 4.8.1, the server-rendered form element produced by UForm in src/runtime/components/Form.vue omits the method and action attributes and relies solely on the hydrated @submit.prevent handler to stop native submission. UAuthForm composes UForm and can render named credential fields, including an input with type password, inside the same markup. If a user submits before Vue hydration completes, or when the client bundle is blocked or unavailable, the browser performs its default GET submission and serializes the named fields into the current URL query string. The credentials can then appear in the address bar, browser history, reverse-proxy, CDN, or WAF request logs, and Referer headers sent with same-origin subresource requests. This issue is fixed in version 4.8.1.

Nuxt UI is an intuitive Vue UI library powered by Reka UI and Tailwind CSS. Prior to 4.8.1, the server-rendered form element produced by UForm in src/runtime/components/Form.vue omits the method and action attributes and relies solely on the hydrated @submit.prevent handler to stop native submission. UAuthForm composes UForm and can render named credential fields, including an input with type password, inside the same markup. If a user submits before Vue hydration completes, or when the client bundle is blocked or unavailable, the browser performs its default GET submission and serializes the named fields into the current URL query string. The credentials can then appear in the address bar, browser history, reverse-proxy, CDN, or WAF request logs, and Referer headers sent with same-origin subresource requests. This issue is fixed in version 4.8.1.

Summary

UForm and UAuthForm render a server-side <form> element with no method and no action attribute, relying on a hydrated @submit.prevent handler to intercept submission. If a user submits the form before Vue hydration has attached the handler (autofill plus Enter on a slow network, JS bundle blocked by CSP or CDN failure, etc.), the browser performs the native default: a GET to the current URL with every named field, including <input type="password">, serialised into the query string.

Details

src/runtime/components/Form.vue (around the template's <form> element) emits:

<component
  :is="parentBus ? 'div' : 'form'"
  :id="formId"
  ref="formRef"
  :class="ui({ class: [uiProp?.base, props.class] })"
  @submit.prevent="onSubmitWrapper"
>

No method, no action. @submit.prevent is the only thing stopping native submission, and it only exists after hydration. UAuthForm composes UForm and inherits the same shape.

The SSR snapshot of UAuthForm (test/components/__snapshots__/AuthForm.spec.ts.snap) shows the rendered markup, with <input type="password" name="password"> inside a <form> that has no method.

Proof of concept

Reported by @nimonian:

1. Create a minimal Nuxt app with a UAuthForm.
2. Build for production and visit in a browser with network throttling at 4G or slower.
3. Enter credentials.
4. Submit (or let autofill + Enter fire before hydration).

The URL becomes /login?email=…&password=…. Reproducible deterministically in Playwright by triggering submit immediately on load.

Impact

Any application using UAuthForm (or UForm with credential-shaped fields) as documented. The cleartext password lands in:

• the address bar,
• window.history,
• the Referer header of every same-origin subresource fetched from the resulting URL,
• access logs of any reverse proxy, CDN, or WAF that records request URLs.

Patch

Default the rendered <form> to method="post" so the pre-hydration fallback submits as POST rather than GET. Vue's @submit.prevent still intercepts the hydrated case; the attribute only matters in the race window. Applications that explicitly want native GET submission can opt back in by passing method="get".

Credit

Reported by @nimonian. Originally filed as GHSA-92g7-2fpq-hmq8 against nuxt/nuxt; moved here because the affected code lives in @nuxt/ui.

Nuxt UI is an intuitive Vue UI library powered by Reka UI and Tailwind CSS. Prior to 4.8.1, the server-rendered form element produced by UForm in src/runtime/components/Form.vue omits the method and action attributes and relies solely on the hydrated @submit.prevent handler to stop native submission. UAuthForm composes UForm and can render named credential fields, including an input with type password, inside the same markup. If a user submits before Vue hydration completes, or when the client bundle is blocked or unavailable, the browser performs its default GET submission and serializes the named fields into the current URL query string. The credentials can then appear in the address bar, browser history, reverse-proxy, CDN, or WAF request logs, and Referer headers sent with same-origin subresource requests. This issue is fixed in version 4.8.1.

Nuxt UI is an intuitive Vue UI library powered by Reka UI and Tailwind CSS. Prior to 4.8.1, the server-rendered form element produced by UForm in src/runtime/components/Form.vue omits the method and action attributes and relies solely on the hydrated @submit.prevent handler to stop native submission. UAuthForm composes UForm and can render named credential fields, including an input with type password, inside the same markup. If a user submits before Vue hydration completes, or when the client bundle is blocked or unavailable, the browser performs its default GET submission and serializes the named fields into the current URL query string. The credentials can then appear in the address bar, browser history, reverse-proxy, CDN, or WAF request logs, and Referer headers sent with same-origin subresource requests. This issue is fixed in version 4.8.1.

Summary

UForm and UAuthForm render a server-side <form> element with no method and no action attribute, relying on a hydrated @submit.prevent handler to intercept submission. If a user submits the form before Vue hydration has attached the handler (autofill plus Enter on a slow network, JS bundle blocked by CSP or CDN failure, etc.), the browser performs the native default: a GET to the current URL with every named field, including <input type="password">, serialised into the query string.

Details

src/runtime/components/Form.vue (around the template's <form> element) emits:

<component
  :is="parentBus ? 'div' : 'form'"
  :id="formId"
  ref="formRef"
  :class="ui({ class: [uiProp?.base, props.class] })"
  @submit.prevent="onSubmitWrapper"
>

No method, no action. @submit.prevent is the only thing stopping native submission, and it only exists after hydration. UAuthForm composes UForm and inherits the same shape.

The SSR snapshot of UAuthForm (test/components/__snapshots__/AuthForm.spec.ts.snap) shows the rendered markup, with <input type="password" name="password"> inside a <form> that has no method.

Proof of concept

Reported by @nimonian:

1. Create a minimal Nuxt app with a UAuthForm.
2. Build for production and visit in a browser with network throttling at 4G or slower.
3. Enter credentials.
4. Submit (or let autofill + Enter fire before hydration).

The URL becomes /login?email=…&password=…. Reproducible deterministically in Playwright by triggering submit immediately on load.

Impact

Any application using UAuthForm (or UForm with credential-shaped fields) as documented. The cleartext password lands in:

• the address bar,
• window.history,
• the Referer header of every same-origin subresource fetched from the resulting URL,
• access logs of any reverse proxy, CDN, or WAF that records request URLs.

Patch

Default the rendered <form> to method="post" so the pre-hydration fallback submits as POST rather than GET. Vue's @submit.prevent still intercepts the hydrated case; the attribute only matters in the race window. Applications that explicitly want native GET submission can opt back in by passing method="get".

Credit

Reported by @nimonian. Originally filed as GHSA-92g7-2fpq-hmq8 against nuxt/nuxt; moved here because the affected code lives in @nuxt/ui.