CVE-2018-12123

Node.Js vulnerability

CVSS

4.3

EPSS

4.0%

EPSS pct

90th

Exploited

No known

Node.js: All versions prior to Node.js 6.15.0, 8.14.0, 10.14.0 and 11.3.0: Hostname spoofing in URL parser for javascript protocol: If a Node.js application is using url.parse() to determine the URL hostname, that hostname can be spoofed by using a mixed case "javascript:" (e.g. "javAscript:") protocol (other protocols are not affected). If security decisions are made about the URL based on the hostname, they may be incorrect.

Affected vendor

Nodejs

Affected product

Node.Js

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

Weakness type (CWE)

CWE-115
CWE-20 — Improper Input Validation

Published

2018-11-28

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring no privileges, user interaction. Successful exploitation leads to low impact to integrity.

Its EPSS score of 4.0% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 90% of all scored CVEs.

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