CVE-2018-12123 Information

Description

Node.js: All versions prior to Node.js 6.15.0 8.14.0 10.14.0 and 11.3.0: Hostname spoofing in URL parser for javascript protocol: If a Node.js application is using url.parse() to determine the URL hostname that hostname can be spoofed by using a mixed case \javascript:\ (e.g. \javAscript:) protocol (other protocols are not affected). If security decisions are made about the URL based on the hostname they may be incorrect.

CVSS Vector

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

Reference

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1821 https://nodejs.org/en/blog/vulnerability/november-2018-security-releases/ https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202003-48 Node.js: All versions prior to Node.js 6.15.0 8.14.0 10.14.0 and 11.3.0: Hostname spoofing in URL parser for javascript protocol: If a Node.js application is using url.parse() to determine the URL hostname that hostname can be spoofed by using a mixed case \javascript:
(e.g. \javAscript:) protocol (other protocols are not affected). If security decisions are made about the URL based on the hostname they may be incorrect.

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction Required

NONE

Scope

REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

LOW

Base Score

NONE

Base Severity

4.3