High severity · published Jan 14, 2019
CVE-2019-6251
WebKitGTK and WPE WebKit prior to version 2.24.1 are vulnerable to address bar spoofing upon certain JavaScript redirections
8.1
CVSS
4.3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
WebKitGTK and WPE WebKit prior to version 2.24.1 are vulnerable to address bar spoofing upon certain JavaScript redirections. An attacker could cause malicious web content to be displayed as if for a trusted URI. This is similar to the CVE-2018-8383 issue in Microsoft Edge.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)4.3% · higher than 91% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
EP
Epiphany · Gnome
through 3.31.4 · source: NVD
FE
Fedora · Fedoraproject
28; 29; 30 · source: NVD
LE
Leap · Opensuse
15.0; 42.3 · source: NVD
UL
Ubuntu Linux · Canonical
18.04; 18.10 · source: NVD
WE
Webkitgtk · Webkitgtk
before 2.24.1 · source: NVD
WW
Wpe Webkit · Wpewebkit
before 2.24.1 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-6251
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-6251
Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-05/msg00025.html
Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-05/msg00031.html
Third Party Advisory
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/152485/WebKitGTK-WPE-WebKit-URI-Spoofing-Code-Execution.html
Mailing List
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/04/11/1
Issue Tracking
https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=194208
Exploit
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/epiphany/issues/532
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