CVE-2024-42347
Matrix SDK for React's URL preview setting for a room is controllable by the homeserver
Description
### Impact A malicious homeserver could manipulate a user's account data to cause the client to enable URL previews in end-to-end encrypted rooms, in which case any URLs in encrypted messages would be sent to the server. Even if the CVSS score would be 4.1 ([AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln-metrics/cvss/v3-calculator?vector=AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N&version=3.1)) the maintainer classifies this as High severity issue. ### Patches This was patched in matrix-react-sdk 3.105.1. ### Workarounds Deployments that trust their homeservers, as well as closed federations of trusted servers, are not affected. ### References N/A.
How to fix CVE-2024-42347
To remediate CVE-2024-42347, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- —upgrade to 3.105.1 or later
Is CVE-2024-42347 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.8%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (1)
- from 0, < 3.105.1
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 4.0 | — | CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:N/SA:N/U:Red |
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM4.1 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N |