# CVE-2020-4038: Reflected XSS in GraphQL Playground

- Also known as: GHSA-4852-VRH7-28RF
- Severity: CVSS 7.4 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 1.6.22
- Published: 2020-06-08 · Updated: 2024-08-04

## Affected

- prisma-labs graphql-playground: fixed in 1.6.22
- graphql-playground-html (npm): fixed in 1.6.22

## Description

GraphQL Playground (graphql-playground-html NPM package) before version 1.6.22 have a severe XSS Reflection attack vulnerability. All unsanitized user input passed into renderPlaygroundPage() method could trigger this vulnerability. This has been patched in graphql-playground-html version 1.6.22. Note that some of the associated dependent middleware packages are also affected including but not limited to graphql-playground-middleware-express before version 1.7.16, graphql-playground-middleware-koa before version 1.6.15, graphql-playground-middleware-lambda before version 1.7.17, and graphql-playground-middleware-hapi before 1.6.13.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on prisma-labs graphql-playground, graphql-playground-html, upgrade to a fixed version (1.6.22) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/prisma-labs/graphql-playground/security/advisories/GHSA-4852-vrh7-28rf
- https://github.com/prisma-labs/graphql-playground/commit/bf1883db538c97b076801a60677733816cb3cfb7
- https://github.com/prisma-labs/graphql-playground#security-details

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