#VU13875 Cross-site request forgery in qutebrowser - CVE-2018-10895
Published: July 11, 2018 / Updated: July 16, 2018
Vulnerability identifier: #VU13875
Vulnerability risk: Low
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-10895
CWE-ID: CWE-352
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
qutebrowser
qutebrowser
Software vendor:
qutebrowser
qutebrowser
Description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform CSRF attack on the qute://settings page.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient CSRF protections. A remote attacker can supply 'qute://settings/set' URL, which then sets 'editor.command' to a bash script, trick the victim into visiting a specially crafted website and execute arbitrary HTML and JavaScript code in victim's browser in context of vulnerable website.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient CSRF protections. A remote attacker can supply 'qute://settings/set' URL, which then sets 'editor.command' to a bash script, trick the victim into visiting a specially crafted website and execute arbitrary HTML and JavaScript code in victim's browser in context of vulnerable website.
Remediation
Update to version 1.4.1.