CVEvulnerability
CVE-2018-6460
7.5 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2018-01-31
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
- 7.5 HIGH — CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 5.0 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-200
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.
Affected configurations
• anchorfree hotspot shield
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-200 Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor weakness
References
- https://blogs.securiteam.com/index.php/archives/3604 Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44042/ Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://blogs.securiteam.com/index.php/archives/3604 Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44042/ Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry