Medium severity · published Jun 13, 2018
CVE-2018-12040
Reflected Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the web profiler in SensioLabs Symfony 3.3.6 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the "file"…
6.1
CVSS
1.3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Reflected Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the web profiler in SensioLabs Symfony 3.3.6 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the "file" parameter, aka an _profiler/open?file= URI. NOTE: The vendor states "The XSS ... is in the web profiler, a tool that should never be deployed in production (so, we don't handle those issues as security issues).
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
None
Scope
Changed
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.3% · higher than 70% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
SY
Symfony · Sensiolabs
3.3.6 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-12040
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-12040
Exploit
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/148125/SensioLabs-Symfony-3.3.6-Cross-Site-Scripting.html
Exploit
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/542071/100/0/threaded
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