CVE-2022-31127

Improper handling of email input in next-auth

MEDIUM
6.1
CVSS Score
Published: July 6, 2022 at 06:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 04:44 AM UTC
2 products affected across 1 vendorNext AuthJs Next Auth

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Severity
MEDIUM6.1
Exploit prediction
EPSS 1%
SSVC
PoC

Description

NextAuth.js is a complete open source authentication solution for Next.js applications. An attacker can pass a compromised input to the e-mail [signin endpoint](https://next-auth.js.org/getting-started/rest-api#post-apiauthsigninprovider) that contains some malicious HTML, tricking the e-mail server to send it to the user, so they can perform a phishing attack. Eg.: `[email protected], <a href="http://attacker.com">Before signing in, claim your money!</a>`. This was previously sent to `[email protected]`, and the content of the email containing a link to the attacker's site was rendered in the HTML. This has been remedied in the following releases, by simply not rendering that e-mail in the HTML, since it should be obvious to the receiver what e-mail they used: next-auth v3 users before version 3.29.8 are impacted. (We recommend upgrading to v4, as v3 is considered unmaintained. next-auth v4 users before version 4.9.0 are impacted. If for some reason you cannot upgrade, the workaround requires you to sanitize the `email` parameter that is passed to `sendVerificationRequest` and rendered in the HTML. If you haven't created a custom `sendVerificationRequest`, you only need to upgrade. Otherwise, make sure to either exclude `email` from the HTML body or efficiently sanitize it.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

v < 3.29.84.0.0 ≤ v < 4.9.0
Affected range stops below 3.29.8, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 4.9.0, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
v < 3.29.8v < 4.9.0
Affected range stops below 3.29.8, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 4.9.0, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCPoCNot automatablePartial impact

SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.

CVSS

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality
LOW
Integrity
LOW
Availability
NONE
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-79

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