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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2018-7753

Using character entities, it was possible to construct a URI value with a scheme that was not allowed that would slide through unsanitized.

CRITICAL 9.8EPSS 2.15%

Does this matter?

High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (2.15%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.

Description

An issue was discovered in Bleach 2.1.x before 2.1.3. Attributes that have URI values weren't properly sanitized if the values contained character entities. Using character entities, it was possible to construct a URI value with a scheme that was not allowed that would slide through unsanitized.

CVSS 3.0
9.8 CRITICALCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS
2.15% probability · 81th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-20
Affected
mozilla/bleach
Source
cve@mitre.org

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.