Vulnerability Details : CVE-2018-10895
Potential exploit
qutebrowser before version 1.4.1 is vulnerable to a cross-site request forgery flaw that allows websites to access 'qute://*' URLs. A malicious website could exploit this to load a 'qute://settings/set' URL, which then sets 'editor.command' to a bash script, resulting in arbitrary code execution.
Vulnerability category: Cross-site request forgery (CSRF)
Products affected by CVE-2018-10895
- cpe:2.3:a:qutebrowser:qutebrowser:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2018-10895
0.23%
Probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days
EPSS Score History
~ 44 %
Percentile, the proportion of vulnerabilities that are scored at or less
CVSS scores for CVE-2018-10895
Base Score | Base Severity | CVSS Vector | Exploitability Score | Impact Score | Score Source | First Seen |
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6.8
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MEDIUM | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
8.6
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6.4
|
NIST | |
8.8
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HIGH | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
2.8
|
5.9
|
NIST | |
9.3
|
CRITICAL | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N |
2.8
|
5.8
|
Red Hat, Inc. |
CWE ids for CVE-2018-10895
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The web application does not, or can not, sufficiently verify whether a well-formed, valid, consistent request was intentionally provided by the user who submitted the request.Assigned by:
- nvd@nist.gov (Primary)
- secalert@redhat.com (Secondary)
References for CVE-2018-10895
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https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-10895
1599595 – (CVE-2018-10895) CVE-2018-10895 qutebrowser: Cross-site request forgery flaw allows sites to access 'qute://*' URLs and execute arbitrary codeIssue Tracking;Patch;Third Party Advisory
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http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2018/07/11/7
oss-security - CVE-2018-10895: Remote code execution due to CSRF in qutebrowserMitigation;Mailing List;Patch;Third Party Advisory
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https://github.com/qutebrowser/qutebrowser/commit/43e58ac865ff862c2008c510fc5f7627e10b4660
CVE-2018-10895: Fix CSRF issues with qute://settings/set URL · qutebrowser/qutebrowser@43e58ac · GitHubPatch;Third Party Advisory
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