HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2018-8292

Asp.Net Core vulnerability

CVSS
7.5
EPSS
14.8%
EPSS pct
96th
Exploited
No known
An information disclosure vulnerability exists in .NET Core when authentication information is inadvertently exposed in a redirect, aka ".NET Core Information Disclosure Vulnerability." This affects .NET Core 2.1, .NET Core 1.0, .NET Core 1.1, PowerShell Core 6.0.
Affected vendor
Microsoft
Affected product
Asp.Net Core
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Weakness type (CWE)
  • CWE-200 — Exposure of Sensitive Information
Published
2018-10-10

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 high impact to confidentiality.

Its EPSS score of 14.8% reflects a moderate probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 96% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2018-8292

  • Confirm whether Microsoft Asp.Net Core is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2018-8292.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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