CVE-2018-6333 is a vulnerability in Facebook Nuclide
Published on December 31, 2018
The hhvm-attach deep link handler in Nuclide did not properly sanitize the provided hostname parameter when rendering. As a result, a malicious URL could be used to render HTML and other content inside of the editor's context, which could potentially be chained to lead to code execution. This issue affected Nuclide prior to v0.290.0.
Vulnerability Analysis
CVE-2018-6333 can be exploited with network access, and does not require authorization privileges or user interaction. This vulnerability is considered to have a low attack complexity. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to be critical as this vulnerability has a high impact to the confidentiality, integrity and availability of this component.
Weakness Type
What is a XSS Vulnerability?
The software does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes user-controllable input before it is placed in output that is used as a web page that is served to other users.
CVE-2018-6333 has been classified to as a XSS vulnerability or weakness.
Products Associated with CVE-2018-6333
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Affected Versions
Facebook Nuclide:- Version v0.290.0 is affected.
- Version unspecified, <= v0.290.0 is affected.
Exploit Probability
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