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CVE-2018-18358

20
FAUCET Score

CVE-2018-18358 describes a vulnerability in Google Chrome versions prior to 71.0.3578.80, where a lack of special casing for localhost in WPAD files allowed a local network attacker to proxy resources on localhost using a crafted WPAD file. This medium-severity vulnerability (CVSS 5.7) requires user interaction and an adjacent network attack vector, potentially leading to high integrity impact but no confidentiality or availability impact. While there is no evidence of active exploitation or public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), the vulnerability has garnered some community discussion and media coverage, indicating awareness.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 71.0.3578.80CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
9.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
6.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
6.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
6.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

5.7MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
ADJACENT_NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
2.1
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.44%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
36.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0044 is in the 67th percentile among its peer group of 126 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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

Media Mentions

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 (1)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 SupplementaryFixed in: chromium-browser-0:71.0.3578.80-1.el6_10
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2018-18358Moderate

chromium-browser: Insufficient policy enforcement in Proxy

Dec 4, 2018

References

access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2018:3803
chromereleases.googleblog.com / 2018/12/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html
crbug.com / 899126
security.gentoo.org / glsa/201908-18
debian.org / security/2018/dsa-4352
securityfocus.com / bid/106084