There’s a JavaScript injection exploit going on. Apparently the exploit also works on comments, just by embedding an image and adding some JS code in it. I don’t know if this could steal the entire cookies or just the website’s, but just to be safe don’t randomly click every link.
The post below is copy pasted from https://kbin.social/m/[email protected]/t/168524/Lemmy-world-and-another-instance-have-been-compromised#entry-comment-661712
Some information I have posted to Lemmy.World:
I am not a super code-literate person so bare with me on this… But. Still please becareful. There appears to be a vulnerability.
Users are posting images like the following:
And inside hidden is JavaScript code that when executed can take cookie information and send it to a URL address.
Among other things. At this time if you see an image please click the icon circled before clicking the link. DO NOT CLICK THE IMAGE. If you see anything suspicious, please report it immediately. It is better a false report than a missed one.
I have seen multiple posts by these people during the attack. It is most certainly related to JS.
Ahhh, that last part really helped me understand it. So they can add any additional attributes because the links are not escaped properly.