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What is real importance of the OAuth *state* parameter is?

A lot of developers are not sure about the answer.

Security researchers from Salt could install malicious ChatGPT plugins, just because of a minor state mistake that ChatGPT made.

If you want to understand OAuth, this post is for you: https://salt.security/blog/security-flaws-within-chatgpt-extensions-allowed-access-to-accounts-on-third-party-websites-and-sensitive-data

( 2 comments | on HN )
Re:What is real importance of the OAuth *state* parameter is? by MorL on Wednesday March 13, 2024 @06:16PM (#39698249)
Could you elaborate? What do you mean by "could install malicious ChatGPT plugins" ?
Re:What is real importance of the OAuth *state* parameter is? by DBformore on Wednesday March 13, 2024 @06:18PM (#39698267)
ChatGPT plugins (think mini-apps for ChatGPT) expand functionality to ChatGPT but introduce new attack vectors. Those security researchers could install a malicious ChatGPT, that they wrote, on another victim account.