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CVE-2018-14042

23
FAUCET Score

CVE-2018-14042 is a Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability affecting Bootstrap versions prior to 4.1.2, specifically within the data-container property of tooltips. This medium-severity vulnerability (CVSS 6.1) can be exploited remotely with low attack complexity, requiring user interaction, and could lead to limited confidentiality and integrity impacts. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion or media coverage, suggesting a low current threat landscape.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 3.4.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:getbootstrap:bootstrap:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 4.0.0, < 4.1.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:getbootstrap:bootstrap:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
4.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:getbootstrap:bootstrap:4.0.0:alpha:*:*:*:*:*:*
4.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:getbootstrap:bootstrap:4.0.0:alpha2:*:*:*:*:*:*
4.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:getbootstrap:bootstrap:4.0.0:alpha3:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

6.1MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
LOW
Integrity Impact
LOW
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
2.7
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
4.01%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
89.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0401 is in the 95th percentile among its peer group of 26,220 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (40)

composerpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: twbs/bootstrapFixed in: 4.1.2
composerpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: twbs/bootstrapFixed in: 3.4.0
github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
mavenpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: org.webjars:bootstrapFixed in: 4.1.2
mavenpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: org.webjars:bootstrapFixed in: 3.4.0
npmpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: bootstrap-sassFixed in: 3.4.0
npmpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: bootstrapFixed in: 4.1.2
npmpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: bootstrapFixed in: 3.4.0
nugetpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: bootstrap.sassFixed in: 4.1.2
nugetpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: bootstrapFixed in: 4.1.2
nugetpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: bootstrapFixed in: 3.4.0
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.4 for RHEL 8Fixed in: eap7-hal-console-0:3.3.16-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el8eap
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: idm:DL1-8030020200923172343.9c827e52
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: pki-core:10.6-8030020200911215836.5ff1562f
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: pki-deps:10.6-8030020200527165326.30b713e6
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7Fixed in: bootstrap
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.4 for RHEL 9Fixed in: eap7-hal-console-0:3.3.16-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el9eap
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.4 on RHEL 7Fixed in: eap7-hal-console-0:3.3.16-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el7eap
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenStack Platform 13.0 (Queens)Fixed in: python-XStatic-Bootstrap-SCSS-0:3.4.1.0-1.el7ost
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenStack Platform 13.0 (Queens) for RHEL 7.6 EUSFixed in: python-XStatic-Bootstrap-SCSS-0:3.4.1.0-1.el7ost
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Single Sign-On 7Fixed in: rcue-bootstrap
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Single Sign-On 7.6 for RHEL 7Fixed in: rh-sso7-keycloak-0:18.0.6-1.redhat_00001.1.el7sso
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Single Sign-On 7.6 for RHEL 8Fixed in: rh-sso7-keycloak-0:18.0.6-1.redhat_00001.1.el8sso
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Single Sign-On 7.6 for RHEL 9Fixed in: rh-sso7-keycloak-0:18.0.6-1.redhat_00001.1.el9sso
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: RHEL-8 based Middleware ContainersFixed in: rh-sso-7/sso76-openshift-rhel8:7.6-20
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: ipa-0:4.6.8-5.el7
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: idm:client-8030020200923172426.05ac3f11
View patch
rubygemspatch availablevia ghsa
Product: bootstrapFixed in: 4.1.2
rubygemspatch availablevia ghsa
Product: bootstrapFixed in: 3.4.0
rubygemspatch availablevia ghsa
Product: bootstrap-sassFixed in: 3.4.0
redhatno patchvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenStack Platform 14 (Rocky)Fixed in: python-XStatic-Bootstrap-SCSS
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Process Automation 7Fixed in: bootstrap
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Satellite 5Fixed in: bootstrap
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Virtualization 4Fixed in: ovirt-js-dependencies
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Decision Manager 7Fixed in: bootstrap
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenStack Platform 9 (Mitaka)Fixed in: python-XStatic-Bootstrap-SCSS
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: pki-core
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenStack Platform 10 (Newton)Fixed in: python-XStatic-Bootstrap-SCSS
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenStack Platform 12 (Pike)Fixed in: python-XStatic-Bootstrap-SCSS
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenStack Platform 8 (Liberty)Fixed in: python-XStatic-Bootstrap-SCSS

Vendor Advisories (3)

rubygemsGHSA-7mvr-5x2g-wfc8medium

Bootstrap Cross-site Scripting vulnerability

Sep 13, 2018
microsoft2018-Jul/CVE-2018-14042

In Bootstrap before 4.1.2, XSS is possible in the data-container property of tooltip.

Jul 10, 2018
redhatCVE-2018-14042Moderate

bootstrap: Cross-site Scripting (XSS) in the data-container property of tooltip

May 29, 2018

References

packetstormsecurity.com / files/156743/OctoberCMS-Insecure-Dependencies.html
blog.getbootstrap.com / 2018/07/12/bootstrap-4-1-2
Vendor Advisory
seclists.org / fulldisclosure/2019/May/10
seclists.org / fulldisclosure/2019/May/11
seclists.org / fulldisclosure/2019/May/13
github.com / twbs/bootstrap/issues/26423
Issue TrackingThird Party Advisory
github.com / twbs/bootstrap/issues/26628
ExploitIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
github.com / twbs/bootstrap/pull/26630
Issue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
lists.apache.org / thread.html/519eb0fd45642dcecd9ff74cb3e71c20a4753f7d82e2f07864b5108f%40%3Cdev.drill.apache.org%3E
lists.apache.org / thread.html/52e0e6b5df827ee7f1e68f7cc3babe61af3b2160f5d74a85469b7b0e%40%3Cdev.superset.apache.org%3E
lists.apache.org / thread.html/b0656d359c7d40ec9f39c8cc61bca66802ef9a2a12ee199f5b0c1442%40%3Cdev.drill.apache.org%3E
lists.apache.org / thread.html/f9bc3e55f4e28d1dcd1a69aae6d53e609a758e34d2869b4d798e13cc%40%3Cissues.drill.apache.org%3E
lists.apache.org / thread.html/r3dc0cac8d856bca02bd6997355d7ff83027dcfc82f8646a29b89b714%40%3Cissues.hbase.apache.org%3E
lists.apache.org / thread.html/rd0e44e8ef71eeaaa3cf3d1b8b41eb25894372e2995ec908ce7624d26%40%3Ccommits.pulsar.apache.org%3E
seclists.org / bugtraq/2019/May/18
oracle.com / security-alerts/cpuApr2021.html
tenable.com / security/tns-2021-14