CVE-2018-16983 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

NoScript Classic before 5.1.8.7, as used in Tor Browser 7.x and other products, allows attackers to bypass script blocking via the text/html;/json Content-Type value.

Published: 2018-09-13

Score: 9.8 Critical

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:noscript:noscript:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:torproject:tor_browser:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

No data.

No data available yet.

Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2018-8768	NoScript Classic before 5.1.8.7, as used in Tor Browser 7.x and other products, allows attackers to bypass script blocking via the text/html;/json Content-Type value.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00376.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://noscript.net/getit#classic
https://twitter.com/Zerodium/status/1039127214602641409
https://www.zdnet.com/article/exploit-vendor-drops-tor-browser-zero-day-on-twitter/

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Noscript Noscript

Torproject Tor Browser

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2018-09-13T04:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-05T10:39:59.154Z

Reserved: 2018-09-12T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2018-16983

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2018-09-13T04:29:00.280

Modified: 2024-11-21T03:53:38.903

Link: CVE-2018-16983

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-noinfo

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