Description
Interactsh is an open-source tool for detecting out-of-band interactions. Domains configured with interactsh server prior to version 1.0.0 were vulnerable to subdomain takeover for a specific subdomain, i.e `app.` Interactsh server used to create cname entries for `app` pointing to `projectdiscovery.github.io` as default, which intended to used for hosting interactsh web client using GitHub pages. This is a security issue with a self-hosted interactsh server in which the user may not have configured a web client but still have a CNAME entry pointing to GitHub pages, making them vulnerable to subdomain takeover. This allows a threat actor to host / run arbitrary client side code (cross-site scripting) in a user's browser when browsing the vulnerable subdomain. Version 1.0.0 fixes this issue by making CNAME optional, rather than default.
Metrics
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:NWeakness enumeration
Affected software
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| projectdiscovery | interactsh | < 1.0.0 |
| projectdiscovery | interactsh | < 1.0.0 |
References
- https://github.com/projectdiscovery/interactsh/issues/136Issue Tracking
- https://github.com/projectdiscovery/interactsh/pull/155Patch
- https://github.com/projectdiscovery/interactsh/security/advisories/GHSA-m36x-mgfh-8g78Vendor Advisory
- https://labs.detectify.com/2014/10/21/hostile-subdomain-takeover-using-herokugithubdesk-more/Technical Description
- https://github.com/projectdiscovery/interactsh/issues/136Issue Tracking
- https://github.com/projectdiscovery/interactsh/pull/155Patch
- https://github.com/projectdiscovery/interactsh/security/advisories/GHSA-m36x-mgfh-8g78Vendor Advisory
- https://labs.detectify.com/2014/10/21/hostile-subdomain-takeover-using-herokugithubdesk-more/Technical Description
Timeline
- Published
- Jun 28, 2023
- Last modified
- Jun 17, 2026
- NVD status
- Modified