FKIE_CVE-2018-6460

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2018-01-31 17:29 - Updated: 2026-06-17 02:01
Severity
7.5 (High) - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Summary
Hotspot Shield runs a webserver with a static IP address 127.0.0.1 and port 895. The web server uses JSONP and hosts sensitive information including configuration. User controlled input is not sufficiently filtered: an unauthenticated attacker can send a POST request to /status.js with the parameter func=$_APPLOG.Rfunc and extract sensitive information about the machine, including whether the user is connected to a VPN, to which VPN he/she is connected, and what is their real IP address.
References
cve@mitre.orghttps://blogs.securiteam.com/index.php/archives/3604Exploit, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44042/Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://blogs.securiteam.com/index.php/archives/3604Exploit, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44042/Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
anchorfree hotspot_shield -
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