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### Impact
When a user-configured proxy on `webpack-dev-server` has a broad context (e.g. `/`) and `ws: true`, it also intercepts the dev server's own HMR WebSocket and forwards it to the proxy target. This leaks the browser's cookies and `Origin` header to the backend, bypasses the dev server's Host/Origin validation, and corrupts the HMR socket (both HMR and the proxy end up writing to the same socket).
### Patches
Fixed in `webpack-dev-server` 5.2.5.
### Workarounds
Scope user-defined proxy `context` to specific paths instead of `/`, or omit `ws: true` from the proxy entry when WebSocket forwarding is not required.
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