CVE-2018-6889

An issue was discovered in Typesetter 5.1. It suffers from a Host header injection vulnerability, Using this attack, a malicious user can poison the web cache or perform advanced password reset attacks or even trigger arbitrary user re-direction.

CVSS v3 8.8 HIGH
CVSS v2.0 6.5 MEDIUM

8.8^/10

CVSS v3 : HIGH

Vector : AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploitability : 2.8 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

6.5^/10

CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

Vector : AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

Exploitability : 8.0 / Impact : 6.4

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication SINGLE

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact PARTIAL

References

Link	Resource
https://securitywarrior9.blogspot.in/2018/02/host-header-injection-type-setter-cms-51.html	Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44028/	Exploit Third Party Advisory VDB Entry

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:typesettercms:typesetter:5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2018-02-12 03:29

Updated : 2024-02-28 16:25

NVD link : CVE-2018-6889

Mitre link : CVE-2018-6889

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2018-6889

JSON object : View

Products Affected

typesettercms

typesetter

CWE

CWE-94

Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')

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