CVE-2019-17636
Insufficient Verification of Data Authenticity in Eclipse Theia
8.1
HIGH
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.12%
Description
In Eclipse Theia versions 0.3.9 through 0.15.0, one of the default pre-packaged Theia extensions is "Mini-Browser", published as "@theia/mini-browser" on npmjs.com. This extension, for its own needs, exposes a HTTP endpoint that allows to read the content of files on the hosts filesystem, given their path, without restrictions on the requesters origin. This design is vulnerable to being exploited remotely through a DNS rebinding attack or a drive-by download of a carefully crafted exploit.
How to fix CVE-2019-17636
To remediate CVE-2019-17636, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- —upgrade to 0.16.0 or later
Is CVE-2019-17636 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.1%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (1)
- >= 0.3.9, < 0.16.0
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH8.1 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N |