CVE-2018-12123

MEDIUM

Node.js <6.15.0, 8.14.0, 10.14.0, 11.3.0 - Info Disclosure

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

Node.js: All versions prior to Node.js 6.15.0, 8.14.0, 10.14.0 and 11.3.0: Hostname spoofing in URL parser for javascript protocol: If a Node.js application is using url.parse() to determine the URL hostname, that hostname can be spoofed by using a mixed case "javascript:" (e.g. "javAscript:") protocol (other protocols are not affected). If security decisions are made about the URL based on the hostname, they may be incorrect.

References (4)

Core 4
Core References
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1821
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_gentoo
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202003-48

Scores

CVSS v3 4.3
EPSS 0.0394
EPSS Percentile 88.5%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

Details

CWE
CWE-115 CWE-20
Status published
Products (2)
nodejs/node.js 11.0.0 - 11.3.0
nodejs/node.js 6.0.0 - 6.15.0
Published Nov 28, 2018
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026