Information disclosure in Mozilla Bleach
| Risk | Low |
| Patch available | YES |
| Number of vulnerabilities | 1 |
| CVE-ID | CVE-2018-7753 |
| CWE-ID | CWE-229 |
| Exploitation vector | Network |
| Public exploit | N/A |
| Vulnerable software Subscribe |
Bleach Universal components / Libraries / Libraries used by multiple products |
| Vendor | Mozilla |
Security Bulletin
This security bulletin contains one low risk vulnerability.
1) Information disclosure
EUVDB-ID: #VU10962
Risk: Low
CVSSv3.1: 4.6 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-7753
CWE-ID:
CWE-229 - Improper Handling of Values
Exploit availability: No
DescriptionThe vulnerability allows a remote unauthenticated attacker to bypass sanitization and access sensitive information on the target system.
The weakness exists due to insufficient URI value sanitization. A remote attacker can submit a specially crafted value containing character entities, bypass value sanitization and gain access to potentially sensitive information.
Update to version 2.1.3.
Vulnerable software versionsBleach: 2.1.1 - 2.1.2
External linkshttp://github.com/mozilla/bleach/pull/356
Q & A
Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?
Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.
Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?
No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.
