CVE-2018-6460

High

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.

SeverityHigh
CVSS7.5
Exploit probability—
ProductAnchorfree Hotspot Shield
PublishedJan 31, 2018
First seenJan 31, 2018

How to fix

Sources list no fixed version or patch link for this vulnerability.

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