#VU16170 Spoofing attack in Node.js - CVE-2018-12123 

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#VU16170 Spoofing attack in Node.js - CVE-2018-12123

Published: November 29, 2018


Vulnerability identifier: #VU16170
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-2018-12123
CWE-ID: CWE-451
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
Node.js
Software vendor:
Node.js Foundation

Description

The disclosed vulnerability allows a remote attacker to conduct spoofing attack on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due to security decisions are made about the URL based on the hostname. A remote attacker can use a mixed case "javascript:" (e.g. "javAscript:") protocol and spoof the hostname when a Node.js application is using url.parse()to determine the URL hostname.


Remediation

The vulnerability has been fixed in the versions 6.15.0, 8.14.0, 10.14.0, 11.3.0.

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