HFS user adding a "web link" in HFS is vulnerable to "target=_blank" exploit
### Summary
When adding a "web link" to the HFS virtual filesystem, the frontend opens it with `target="_blank"` but without the `rel="noopener noreferrer"` attribute. This allows the opened page to use the `window.opener` property to change the location of the original HFS tab.
### Details
While most modern browsers have fixes already implemented for this `target="_blank"` exploit at the browser level, users on outdated browsers remain vulnerable. This means that if an admin of the HFS instance adds a link to an external third-party service (that they believe is safe at the time) and that service they added later becomes compromised, the ma
Critical · CVSS 9.9EPSS 39.47%Public exploitFix available
CVE-2024-39943
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