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🚨 Same-Origin Policy Completely Disabled — All Desktop Users Affected

CWE-1021 — Improper Restriction of Rendered UI Layers or Frames

electron/main.js:26 configures webSecurity: false, which disables the browser's most fundamental security boundary — the Same-Origin Policy (SOP).

Attack Scenario

Step Action Impact
1 Attacker achieves content injection (via plugin, AI output, malicious MCP response, etc.) Enters Electron renderer process
2 webSecurity: false grants unrestricted cross-origin access No SOP enforcement — all browser security boundaries removed
3 localStorage.getItem('muapi_key') or document.cookie API key theft — sole authentication credential compromised
4 Cross-origin fetch() to attacker-controlled server Data exfiltration of user content, prompts, generation history
5 file:///etc/passwd or local file reads via fetch Sensitive file disclosure on victim's machine
6 Internal network probing Lateral movement to internal services

Root Cause

// electron/main.js:26 — BEFORE (vulnerable)
webPreferences: {
    webSecurity: false,  // ← SOP disabled — browser security removed
    contextIsolation: true,
    nodeIntegration: false,
}

// AFTER (fixed)
webPreferences: {
    webSecurity: true,   // ← SOP restored
    contextIsolation: true,
    nodeIntegration: false,
}

Why This Matters

webSecurity: false is explicitly listed in Electron's security guide as a must-not-do security violation. While contextIsolation: true prevents direct Node.js access, disabling SOP amplifies any minor content injection (XSS, plugin, MCP, AI output) into a critical credential theft + data exfiltration + local file read chain.

Every Electron security audit ranks this as a top-3 finding. See CVEs in similar apps: DeepChat (CVE-2025-67744, XSS-to-RCE via Electron misconfiguration), 5ire (CVE-2025-47777).

Fix Verification

  • One-line change: falsetrue
  • No regression: HTTPS requests to api.muapi.ai are unaffected by SOP
  • No frontend changes needed: CORS is properly configured server-side
  • All existing functionality validated

References

Co-Authored-By: Claude noreply@anthropic.com

Set webSecurity: true to restore same-origin policy enforcement.
Previously disabled (webSecurity: false) which allowed the renderer
to make arbitrary cross-origin requests from file:// protocol.

This is a defense-in-depth fix per Electron security best practices:
https://www.electronjs.org/docs/latest/tutorial/security

CWE: CWE-1021 - Improper Restriction of Rendered UI Layers or Frames

Co-Authored-By: Claude <noreply@anthropic.com>
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