HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2018-7160

Node.Js vulnerability

CVSS
8.8
EPSS
9.9%
EPSS pct
95th
Exploited
No known
The Node.js inspector, in 6.x and later is vulnerable to a DNS rebinding attack which could be exploited to perform remote code execution. An attack is possible from malicious websites open in a web browser on the same computer, or another computer with network access to the computer running the Node.js process. A malicious website could use a DNS rebinding attack to trick the web browser to bypass same-origin-policy checks and to allow HTTP connections to localhost or to hosts on the local network. If a Node.js process with the debug port active is running on localhost or on a host on the local network, the malicious website could connect to it as a debugger, and get full code execution access.
Affected vendor
Nodejs
Affected product
Node.Js
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness type (CWE)
Published
2018-05-17

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 high impact to confidentiality, high impact to integrity, high impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 9.9% reflects a lower 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-2018-7160

  • Confirm whether Nodejs Node.Js is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2018-7160.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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