PT-2018-17804 · Typesetter · Typesetter

Navina Asrani · Published 2018-02-12 · Updated 2018-03-06 · CVE-2018-6889

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

8.8

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Typesetter version 5.1

Description An issue was discovered in Typesetter, which suffers from a Host header injection vulnerability. This allows a malicious user to poison the web cache, perform advanced password reset attacks, or trigger arbitrary user re-direction.

Recommendations For version 5.1, consider restricting access to sensitive features until a patch is available. As a temporary workaround, review and limit the use of the Host header to minimize the risk of exploitation. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Exploit

Code Injection

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-94

Related Identifiers

CVE-2018-6889

Affected Products

Typesetter

References · 4

• 🔥 https://securitywarrior9.blogspot.in/2018/02/host-header-injection-type-setter-cms-51.html · Exploit
• 🔥 https://exploit-db.com/exploits/44028 · Exploit
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-6889 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-6889 · Security Note