Description
WebKitGTK and WPE WebKit prior to version 2.24.1 are vulnerable to address bar spoofing upon certain JavaScript redirections. An attacker could cause malicious web content to be displayed as if for a trusted URI. This is similar to the CVE-2018-8383 issue in Microsoft Edge.
References (15)
Core 15
Core References
Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/epiphany/issues/532
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory mailing-list
x_refsource_bugtraq
https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Apr/21
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory mailing-list
x_refsource_mlist
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/04/11/1
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry x_refsource_misc
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/152485/WebKitGTK-WPE-WebKit-URI-Spoofing-Code-Execution.html
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_fedora
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/YO5ZBUWOOXMVZPBYLZRDZF6ZQGBYJERQ/
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_fedora
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/TNPI3R6QWDJBA5KNGA6QSMKYLY5RRHBZ/
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_ubuntu
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3948-1/
Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=194208
Patch, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://trac.webkit.org/changeset/243434
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_fedora
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/LACVFU4MYYRPJ3IEA4UCN5KUEAGCCJ72/
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_fedora
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/UO3DIA54X7FOUWFZW5YXC2MZ6KNHG6SW/
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_fedora
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/HSCDI3635E37GL4BNJDRDT2KEUBDLGSO/
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_suse
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-05/msg00025.html
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_suse
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-05/msg00031.html
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_gentoo
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201909-05
Scores
CVSS v3
8.1
EPSS
0.0245
EPSS Percentile
85.4%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
Details
Status
published
Products (10)
canonical/ubuntu_linux
18.04
canonical/ubuntu_linux
18.10
fedoraproject/fedora
28
fedoraproject/fedora
29
fedoraproject/fedora
30
gnome/epiphany
< 3.31.4
opensuse/leap
15.0
opensuse/leap
42.3
webkitgtk/webkitgtk
< 2.24.1
wpewebkit/wpe_webkit
< 2.24.1
Published
Jan 14, 2019
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026