CVE-2018-17082
Public on 2018-09-16
Modified on 2018-10-18
Description
A cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Apache2 component of PHP was found. When using 'Transfer-Encoding: chunked', the request allows remote attackers to potentially run a malicious script in a victim's browser. This vulnerability can be exploited only by producing malformed requests and it's believed it's unlikely to be used in practical cross-site scripting attack.
Severity
Medium
CVSS v3 Base Score
See breakdown
Affected Packages
| Platform | Package | Release Date | Advisory | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon Linux 1 | php56 | 2018-10-17 | ALAS-2018-1090 | Fixed |
| Amazon Linux 1 | php70 | 2018-10-17 | ALAS-2018-1090 | Fixed |
| Amazon Linux 1 | php71 | 2018-10-17 | ALAS-2018-1090 | Fixed |
| Amazon Linux 1 | php72 | 2018-10-17 | ALAS-2018-1090 | Fixed |
CVSS Scores
| Score Type | Score | Vector | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon Linux | CVSSv3 | 4.7 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N |
| NVD | CVSSv2 | 4.3 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N |
| NVD | CVSSv3 | 6.1 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N |