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SelectorsHub Chrome extension opens ad tabs without user action

SelectorsHub Chrome extension with 400k users opens server-controlled ad tabs, reads all browser cookies, and poses remote code execution risks.

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  • SelectorsHub Chrome extension (~400k users) opens server-picked ad tabs without user action
    The SelectorsHub XPath extension has been found to open server-controlled ad URLs in background tabs without user interaction.
    • Affects users of the SelectorsHub Chrome extension (ID ndgimibanhlabgdgjcpbbndiehljcpfh), version 5.8.5, with roughly 400,000 users, popular with QA and test automation engineers.
    • The extension fetches destination URLs from selectorshub[.]info at runtime and opens them in background tabs; on install and update, URLs open with no prompt or overlay.
    • Side panel and DevTools paths show a 5-second overlay labeling the destination a 'community link' with '100% Safe, No Spam, No Malware' before opening it; destinations are paid ads controlled entirely by the developer's server and changed three times during testing without an extension update.
    • The extension calls cookies.getAll({}), reading every browser cookie to find one of its own, and sends daily counter pings and ad-click tracking to shubads.testcasehub[.]net, which redirected to blomehairdryers[.]com, an Indonesian gambling site โ€” despite the store listing claiming no user data is collected.
    • A remote-code-integrity risk exists in the DevTools panel, where a server-returned 'fix' string can be passed to inspectedWindow.eval() if the /gpt/fixpath response parses as JSON.
    • IOCs: extension ID ndgimibanhlabgdgjcpbbndiehljcpfh; domains selectorshub[.]info, shub.selectorshub[.]info, shubads.testcasehub[.]net, blomehairdryers[.]com; endpoints including /nodeapp/api/link-ads, /nodeapp/api/link/track, /gpt/fixpath.
    Sources ๐Ÿ“„ Source: reddit.com ยท ๐Ÿ“Ž Coverage: malext.io ยท ๐Ÿ‘ via r/netsec

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