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Stop the sign-in error page from showing text from the URL #411
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[-]The sign-in error page shows attacker-written text from the URL[/-][+]Stop the sign-in error page from showing text from the URL[/+]on Oct 6, 2026 Status: fixed in
c6fdc2donclaude/youthful-lovelace-3nvsc6. Not merged or deployed yet.What shipped:
apps/webapp/src/pages/auth/error.tsxnever renders text from the URL. Forotp_expiredit shows "This sign-in link has expired or was already used. Request a new link and try again." Every other code shows "Sign-in did not finish. Try again, or contact support if it keeps failing."apps/webapp/src/proxy.tsnow forwardserror_codeinstead oferror_description. The page needs the code to choose the expired-link message. The fix plan did not list this file.
Needs a maintainer decision: root
CLAUDE.md§Settled (Next product APIs) says "Do not editsrc/proxy.ts". The commit changes only the auth-error branch, and its message says approval is pending. If the edit is refused, revert only theproxy.tspart. The page then shows the general message for every error, so acceptance criterion 2 fails.Differences from the plan:
- No separate message for
access_denied. It gets the general message. - Step 3 (log the raw code and description) was optional and was not done.
Check after deploy:
/auth/error?error_description=Your%20account%20is%20lockedshows only fixed copy. An expired magic link shows the expired-link message.
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Summary
The auth error page prints
error_descriptionfrom the URL as-is. Anyone can send a link likehttps://docs.plus/?error=x&error_code=y&error_description=<text>and the victim sees that text in a red alert box on the real domain. React escapes it, so this is content spoofing, not XSS.apps/webappWhere
apps/webapp/src/proxy.ts:18-24forwards any?error=&error_code=request with itserror_descriptionto the error page.apps/webapp/src/pages/auth/error.tsx:11,36renders the text./auth/error?error_description=…link works too, without the proxy.Fix plan
apps/webapp/src/pages/auth/error.tsx, map known Supabaseerror_codevalues to fixed copy, for exampleotp_expired→ "This sign-in link has expired. Request a new one." andaccess_denied→ "Sign-in was cancelled."error_description.tech-writerskill (Simplified English).Acceptance criteria
/auth/error?error_description=Your%20account%20is%20lockedshows no attacker text.Generated by Claude Code