{"id":"CVE-2018-6460","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2018-6460","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T21:20:03.148Z","title":"User controlled input is not sufficiently filtered: an unauthenticated attacker can send a POST request to /status.js with the parameter func=$_APPLOG.Rfunc and extract sensitive information about the machine, including whether the user is connected to…","description":"Hotspot Shield runs a webserver with a static IP address 127.0.0.1 and port 895. The web server uses JSONP and hosts sensitive information including configuration. User controlled input is not sufficiently filtered: an unauthenticated attacker can send a POST request to /status.js with the parameter func=$_APPLOG.Rfunc and extract sensitive information about the machine, including whether the user is connected to a VPN, to which VPN he/she is connected, and what is their real IP address.","published":"2018-01-31T17:29:00.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T02:01:52.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"3.0","score":7.5,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N"},"cwe":["CWE-200"],"affected":["anchorfree/hotspot shield"],"epss":{"score":0.1098,"percentile":0.95872,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[{"date":"2026-09-21","score":0.08137,"percentile":0.94673},{"date":"2026-09-22","score":0.1098,"percentile":0.95697}]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":1,"verified":false,"firstPublished":"2018-01-30","source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[{"edbId":44042,"kind":"exploit","title":"Hotspot Shield - Information Disclosure","url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44042","sourceUrl":"https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb/-/blob/main/exploits/windows/local/44042.md","file":"exploits/windows/local/44042.md","published":"2018-01-30","added":"2018-02-15","updated":"2018-02-15","author":"SecuriTeam","type":"local","platform":"windows","port":null,"verified":false,"codes":["CVE-2018-6460"],"tags":null,"aliases":null,"applicationUrl":null,"screenshotUrl":null,"referenceUrl":"https://blogs.securiteam.com/index.php/archives/3604"}]},"verdict":{"level":"urgent","text":"EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 11.0%, higher than 96% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window."},"changes":[{"kind":"epss","label":"EPSS jump","at":"2026-09-22T00:00:00.000Z","detail":{"to":0.1098,"from":0.08137,"percentile":0.95697},"summary":"EPSS moved from 8.1% to 11.0% probability of exploitation in the next thirty days."}],"references":[{"url":"https://blogs.securiteam.com/index.php/archives/3604","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44042/","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://blogs.securiteam.com/index.php/archives/3604","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44042/","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-6460","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}