steipete summarize up to 0.15.0 server-side request forgery

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability described as critical has been identified in steipete summarize up to 0.15.0. This impacts an unknown function. Executing a manipulation can lead to server-side request forgery. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2026-45245. The attack can be executed remotely. There is not any exploit available. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

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A vulnerability was found in steipete summarize up to 0.15.0. It has been declared as critical. This vulnerability affects an unknown code block. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a server-side request forgery vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-918. The web server receives a URL or similar request from an upstream component and retrieves the contents of this URL, but it does not sufficiently ensure that the request is being sent to the expected destination. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Summarize prior to 0.15.1 contains a vulnerability in the hover summary feature that allows malicious pages to dispatch synthetic mouseover events over attacker-controlled links, causing the extension to make authenticated daemon requests using stored tokens without verifying event trustworthiness. Attackers can place local or private-network URLs behind hoverable links to route authenticated requests through the daemon, potentially accessing sensitive internal endpoints when users interact with attacker-controlled content.

The weakness was released by Chia Min Jun Lennon. The advisory is shared for download at github.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2026-45245 since 05/11/2026. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available.

Upgrading to version 0.15.1 eliminates this vulnerability. The upgrade is hosted for download at github.com. Applying the patch ecbb2c414255aa480a15d0d8b205224c14cfdbcb is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at github.com. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be upgrading to the latest version.

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Vendor

• steipete

Name

• summarize

Version

• 0.1
• 0.2
• 0.3
• 0.4
• 0.5
• 0.6
• 0.7
• 0.8
• 0.9
• 0.10
• 0.11
• 0.12
• 0.13
• 0.14
• 0.15.0

License

• open-source

Website

• Product: https://github.com/steipete/summarize/

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