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