CVE-2018-10895 (GCVE-0-2018-10895)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2018-07-12 12:00 – Updated: 2024-08-05 07:54
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Summary
qutebrowser before version 1.4.1 is vulnerable to a cross-site request forgery flaw that allows websites to access 'qute://*' URLs. A malicious website could exploit this to load a 'qute://settings/set' URL, which then sets 'editor.command' to a bash script, resulting in arbitrary code execution.
Severity
9.3 (Critical)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N
CWE
Assigner
redhat CNA under the redhat root
CNA scorecard B 82/100 over 1045 records in the last 180 days details
References
Impacted products
Date Public
2018-07-11 00:00
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