CVE-2018-6460 EXPLOIT
7.5
HIGH · CVSS 3.0 · EPSS 11% (pctl 96)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
Description
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.
Scoring
| CVSS | 7.5 (HIGH, v3.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N |
| EPSS | 10.98% — more likely to be exploited than 96% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-200 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2018-01-31 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-17 |
Affected (1)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| anchorfree | hotspot shield |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | Hotspot Shield - Information Disclosure | 2018-01-30 |
References
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