Privilege escalation in ASP.NET Core MVC - CVE-2018-0784
Published: January 9, 2018
Vulnerability identifier: #VU9895
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-0784
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Microsoft
Affected software:
ASP.NET Core MVC
ASP.NET Core MVC
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain elevated privileges on the target system.
The weakness exists due to an error when a ASP.NET Core web application, created using vulnerable project templates, improperly sanitize web requests. A remote attacker can trick the victim into clicking a specially crafted link, perform content injection attacks and run script in the security context of the logged-on user.
How to mitigate CVE-2018-0784
Install update from vendor's website.