THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2018-20523
MEDIUM SEVERITY

CVE-2018-20523

Stock Browser vulnerability

CVSS
5.3
EPSS
10.0%
EPSS pct
95th
Exploited
No known
Xiaomi Stock Browser 10.2.4.g on Xiaomi Redmi Note 5 Pro devices and other Redmi Android phones allows content provider injection. In other words, a third-party application can read the user's cleartext browser history via an app.provider.query content://com.android.browser.searchhistory/searchhistory request.
Affected vendor
Mi
Affected product
Stock Browser
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
Weakness type (CWE)
Published
2019-06-07

Risk analysis

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

Its EPSS score of 10.0% reflects a moderate probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 95% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2018-20523

  • Confirm whether Mi Stock Browser is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2018-20523.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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