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CVE-2018-7753

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2018-7753 is a critical vulnerability affecting Bleach versions 2.1.x prior to 2.1.3, where improper sanitization of URI values containing character entities could allow an attacker to bypass security filters. With a CVSS score of 9.8, this vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network with low attack complexity, potentially leading to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While there is no evidence of active exploitation or publicly available exploit code in Metasploit, Nuclei, or ExploitDB, the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion, indicating awareness and potential for future exploitation.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
2.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:bleach:2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.1.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:bleach:2.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.1.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:bleach:2.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

9.8CRITICAL

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.21%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
80.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0221 is in the 70th percentile among its peer group of 36,829 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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.

Media Mentions

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (5)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
pippatch availablevia ghsa
Product: bleachFixed in: 2.1.3
ubuntupatch availablevia ubuntu_usn
Product: python-bleach (xenial)Fixed in: 1.4.2-1ubuntu0.1~esm1
ubuntupatch availablevia ubuntu_usn
Product: python-bleach (bionic)Fixed in: 2.1.2-1ubuntu0.1~esm1
ubuntupatch availablevia ubuntu_usn
Product: python-bleach (focal)Fixed in: 3.1.1-1ubuntu0.1~esm1

Vendor Advisories (2)

ubuntuUSN-8077-1

Bleach vulnerabilities

Mar 5, 2026
pipGHSA-m9mq-p2f9-cfqvcritical

Bleach URI Scheme Restriction Bypass

Jan 4, 2019

References

bugs.debian.org / 892252
Third Party Advisory
github.com / mozilla/bleach/commit/c5df5789ec3471a31311f42c2d19fc2cf21b35ef
PatchThird Party Advisory
github.com / mozilla/bleach/releases/tag/v2.1.3
Third Party Advisory