High

Webrecorder packages are vulnerable to XSS through 404 error handling logic

  • Disclosed: 10.09.2025
  • Updated: 11.10.2026 10:22

A Reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability exists in the 404 error handling logic of wabac.js v2.23.10 and below. The parameter requestURL (derived from the original request target) is directly embedded into an inline <script> block without sanitization or escaping.

This allows an attacker to craft a malicious URL that executes arbitrary JavaScript in the victim’s browser.

The scope may be limited by CORS policies, depending on the situation in which wabac.js is used.

Patches

The vulnerability is fixed in wabac.js v2.23.11.

Affected software

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PlatformPackageVulnerable versionsFixed in
npm package replaywebpage < 2.3.17 2.3.17
npm package @webrecorder/archivewebpage < 0.15.4 0.15.4
npm package @webrecorder/wabac < 2.23.11 2.23.11

References

CVSS score 7.1/10
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L
Weakness (CWE)
CWE-79
Platform
npm
Package
replaywebpage, @webrecorder/archivewebpage, @webrecorder/wabac
Disclosed
10.09.2025
Updated
11.10.2026 10:22

Sources and licenses

OSV / GitHub Advisory Database - GHSA-w765-jm6w-4hhj - CC BY 4.0

Vulnerability history: replaywebpage

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This is the only known vulnerability of this package.

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