CVE-2018-6341 is a vulnerability in Facebook React
Published on December 31, 2018

React applications which rendered to HTML using the ReactDOMServer API were not escaping user-supplied attribute names at render-time. That lack of escaping could lead to a cross-site scripting vulnerability. This issue affected minor releases 16.0.x, 16.1.x, 16.2.x, 16.3.x, and 16.4.x. It was fixed in 16.0.1, 16.1.2, 16.2.1, 16.3.3, and 16.4.2.

NVD

Vulnerability Analysis

CVE-2018-6341 can be exploited with network access, requires user interaction. This vulnerability is considered to have a low attack complexity. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to have a small impact on confidentiality and integrity, and no impact on availability.

Attack Vector:

NETWORK

Attack Complexity:

LOW

Privileges Required:

NONE

User Interaction:

REQUIRED

Scope:

CHANGED

Confidentiality Impact:

LOW

Integrity Impact:

LOW

Availability Impact:

NONE

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-2018-6341 has been classified to as a XSS vulnerability or weakness.

Products Associated with CVE-2018-6341

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Facebook React

Affected Versions

Facebook react-dom:

Version 16.4.2 is affected.
Version 16.4.0 and below unspecified is affected.
Version 16.3.3 is affected.
Version 16.3.0 and below unspecified is affected.
Version 16.2.1 is affected.
Version 16.2.0 and below unspecified is affected.
Version 16.1.2 is affected.
Version 16.1.0 and below unspecified is affected.
Version 16.0.1 is affected.
Version 16.0.0 and below unspecified is affected.
Version unspecified and below 16.0.0 is unaffected.

Exploit Probability

EPSS

16.68%

Percentile

94.79%

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System) scores estimate the probability that a vulnerability will be exploited in the wild within the next 30 days. The percentile shows you how this score compares to all other vulnerabilities.