CVE-2018-16983 is a critical vulnerability affecting NoScript Classic prior to version 5.1.8.7, including its use in Tor Browser 7.x. This flaw allows attackers to bypass script blocking mechanisms by manipulating the Content-Type header to "text/html;/json". With a CVSS score of 9.8, it poses a severe risk, enabling unauthenticated remote attackers to achieve high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability without user interaction. Despite its critical severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 5.1.8.7CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:noscript:noscript:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 7.0.0, <= 7.0.11CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:torproject:tor_browser:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.