CVE-2018-10895 CRITICAL

CVE-2018-10895

Vendor Qutebrowser
Product cross-site request forgery flaw allows sites to access 'qute
Weakness CWE-352 · CSRF
Published July 12, 2018
Last update August 5, 2024

CVSS base score

9.3/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction Required
Confidentiality High
Integrity High

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N

What the vulnerability does

01Description

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.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

July 12, 2018 CVE published
August 5, 2024 Record updated

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