#VU10962 Information disclosure in Bleach - CVE-2018-7753 

 

#VU10962 Information disclosure in Bleach - CVE-2018-7753

Published: March 13, 2018 / Updated: March 13, 2018


Vulnerability identifier: #VU10962
Vulnerability risk: Low
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-7753
CWE-ID: CWE-229
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
Bleach
Software vendor:
Mozilla

Description

The 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.

Remediation

Update to version 2.1.3.

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