Medium severity · published Sep 14, 2018
CVE-2018-17031
In Gogs 0.11.53, an attacker can use a crafted .eml file to trigger MIME type sniffing, which leads to XSS, as demonstrated by Internet Explorer, because an…
6.1
CVSS
0.9%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
In Gogs 0.11.53, an attacker can use a crafted .eml file to trigger MIME type sniffing, which leads to XSS, as demonstrated by Internet Explorer, because an "X-Content-Type-Options: nosniff" header is not sent.
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)0.9% · higher than 59% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
GO
Gogs · Gogs
0.11.53 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-17031
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-17031
Exploit
https://github.com/gogs/gogs/issues/5397
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