html-janitor on Node.js Download _sanitized external control of critical state data

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in html-janitor on Node.js and classified as critical. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component Download. Such manipulation of the argument _sanitized leads to external control of critical state data. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2017-0928. The attack can be launched remotely. No exploit exists.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in html-janitor on Node.js (JavaScript Library) (the affected version is unknown). Affected by this issue is an unknown code of the component Download. The manipulation of the argument _sanitized with an unknown input leads to a external control of critical state data vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-642. The product stores security-critical state information about its users, or the product itself, in a location that is accessible to unauthorized actors. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

html-janitor node module suffers from an External Control of Critical State Data vulnerability via user-control of the '_sanitized' variable causing sanitization to be bypassed.

The bug was discovered 04/21/2018. The weakness was disclosed 06/04/2018 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at github.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2017-0928 since 11/30/2016. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. There are known technical details, but no exploit is available.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 44 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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Class: External control of critical state data
CWE: CWE-642
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Remote: Yes

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Timelineinfo

11/30/2016 🔍
04/21/2018 +507 days 🔍
06/04/2018 +43 days 🔍
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06/05/2018 +1 days 🔍
03/21/2023 +1750 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: 35
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2017-0928 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2017-0928
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-118892
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Entryinfo

Created: 06/05/2018 09:03
Updated: 03/21/2023 11:40
Changes: 06/05/2018 09:03 (44), 02/14/2020 15:28 (7), 03/21/2023 11:32 (3), 03/21/2023 11:40 (11)
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