CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2017-8458

Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component ('Injection')

Published: May 03, 2017 | Modified: Oct 03, 2019
CVSS 3.x
6.5
MEDIUM
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
CVSS 2.x
4.3 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu

Brave 0.12.4 has a URI Obfuscation issue in which a string such as https://safe.example.com@unsafe.example.com/ is displayed without a clear UI indication that it is not a resource on the safe.example.com web site.

Weakness

The product constructs all or part of a command, data structure, or record using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify how it is parsed or interpreted when it is sent to a downstream component.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Brave Brave 0.12.4 (including) 0.12.4 (including)

Potential Mitigations

References