GHSA-qm5v-pj64-852j
Passbolt Api Tabnabbing when opening URI with menu "Open URI in a new tab"
Description
A user could create and share a resource with a malicious URI. When the victim opens with menu “Open URI in a new tab” function, the malicious page has access to the window.opener object.
Impact of issue
The newly opened malicious page can for example change the window.opener.location to redirect the user to a phishing page, or call a JavaScript function served by the AppJS on the user behalf for example to try to affect the integrity of the data.
Fix
The code that opens a new window via window.open(); now open the tab with the noopener attribute.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- Required
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- Low
What each source reports
GitHub Advisories Score used
Passbolt Api Tabnabbing when opening URI with menu "Open URI in a new tab"
Description
A user could create and share a resource with a malicious URI. When the victim opens with menu “Open URI in a new tab” function, the malicious page has access to the window.opener object.
Impact of issue
The newly opened malicious page can for example change the window.opener.location to redirect the user to a phishing page, or call a JavaScript function served by the AppJS on the user behalf for example to try to affect the integrity of the data.
Fix
The code that opens a new window via window.open(); now open the tab with the noopener attribute.
- Record
GHSA-qm5v-pj64-852j- CVSS 3.1
- 5.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L - Weakness
- CWE-657
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV
Passbolt Api Tabnabbing when opening URI with menu "Open URI in a new tab"
Description
A user could create and share a resource with a malicious URI. When the victim opens with menu “Open URI in a new tab” function, the malicious page has access to the window.opener object.
Impact of issue
The newly opened malicious page can for example change the window.opener.location to redirect the user to a phishing page, or call a JavaScript function served by the AppJS on the user behalf for example to try to affect the integrity of the data.
Fix
The code that opens a new window via window.open(); now open the tab with the noopener attribute.
- Record
GHSA-qm5v-pj64-852j- CVSS 3.1
- 5.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L - Weakness
- CWE-657
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected packages
| Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|
passbolt/passbolt_apiPackagist | before 2.11.0 | 2.11.0 |
passbolt/passbolt_apiPackagist | before 2.11.0, plus listed versions v1.0.10v1.0.11v1.0.12v1.0.13v1.0.14 Show 45 moreShow lessv1.0.5v1.0.6v1.0.7v1.0.8v1.0.9v1.1.0v1.2.0v1.2.1v1.3.0v1.3.1v1.3.2v1.4.0v1.5.1v1.6.0v1.6.1v1.6.10v1.6.2v1.6.3v1.6.4v1.6.5v1.6.9v2.0.0v2.0.0-rc1v2.0.0-rc2v2.0.1v2.0.2v2.0.3v2.0.4v2.0.5v2.0.7v2.0.8v2.1.0v2.1.1v2.10.0v2.2.0v2.3.0v2.4v2.5.0v2.5.1v2.6.0v2.6.1v2.7.0v2.7.1v2.7.2v2.8.0 | 2.11.0 |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| first indexed | GitHub Advisories, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
GHSA-qm5v-pj64-852j is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.5) in passbolt/passbolt_api, published May 20, 2024. No source lists public exploit code. Fixed in passbolt/passbolt_api 2.11.0.
References
github.com/passbolt/passbolt_api/commit/f568e113beb3134446eda9e66400d28d726ee20d
passbolt.com/incidents/20190807_multiple_vulnerabilities
Left out here: 6 versions. The JSON record has them.