4.3
MEDIUM
CVE-2018-25031
Swagger UI OpenAPI Definition Spoofing Vulnerability
Description

Swagger UI 4.1.2 and earlier could allow a remote attacker to conduct spoofing attacks. By persuading a victim to open a crafted URL, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to display remote OpenAPI definitions. Note: This was originally claimed to be resolved in 4.1.3. However, third parties have indicated this is not resolved in 4.1.3 and even occurs in that version and possibly others.

INFO

Published Date :

March 11, 2022, 7:15 a.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 21, 2024, 4:03 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

1.4

Exploitability Score :

2.8
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github

CVE-2018-25031 has a 16 public PoC/Exploit available at Github. Go to the Public Exploits tab to see the list.

Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2018-25031 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Smartbear swagger_ui
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2018-25031.

URL Resource
https://github.com/swagger-api/swagger-ui/issues/4872 Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/swagger-api/swagger-ui/releases/tag/v4.1.3 Release Notes Third Party Advisory
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20220407-0004/ Third Party Advisory
https://security.snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-SWAGGERUI-2314885 Patch Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/swagger-api/swagger-ui/issues/4872 Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/swagger-api/swagger-ui/releases/tag/v4.1.3 Release Notes Third Party Advisory
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20220407-0004/ Third Party Advisory
https://security.snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-SWAGGERUI-2314885 Patch Third Party Advisory

We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).

Testing for exploitation

Updated: 1 week, 6 days ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : Dec. 9, 2024, 4:13 p.m. This repo has been linked 1 different CVEs too.

CVE-2018-25031-SG

Updated: 1 month, 1 week ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : Nov. 15, 2024, 11:13 a.m. This repo has been linked 1 different CVEs too.

None

Updated: 4 months, 4 weeks ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : July 24, 2024, 10:21 a.m. This repo has been linked 1 different CVEs too.

None

Updated: 7 months ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : May 21, 2024, 2:09 a.m. This repo has been linked 1 different CVEs too.

A simple POC (CVE-2018-25031

Updated: 7 months, 1 week ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : May 15, 2024, 11:21 p.m. This repo has been linked 1 different CVEs too.

None

Updated: 7 months, 3 weeks ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : April 26, 2024, 2:18 a.m. This repo has been linked 1 different CVEs too.

None

Updated: 10 months ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : Feb. 22, 2024, 10:41 a.m. This repo has been linked 1 different CVEs too.

None

Updated: 1 year ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : Dec. 14, 2023, 11:38 a.m. This repo has been linked 1 different CVEs too.

PoC of CVE-2018-25031

Updated: 1 year ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : Dec. 13, 2023, 6:42 p.m. This repo has been linked 1 different CVEs too.

None

Python

Updated: 1 year, 1 month ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : Nov. 16, 2023, 12:29 a.m. This repo has been linked 1 different CVEs too.

CVE-2018-25031 Test PoC

Updated: 1 year, 1 month ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : Nov. 6, 2023, 2:26 a.m. This repo has been linked 1 different CVEs too.

CVE-2018-25031 tests

Updated: 2 weeks, 4 days ago
2 stars 4 fork 4 watcher
Born at : June 28, 2023, 1:41 p.m. This repo has been linked 1 different CVEs too.

Exploit Swagger UI - User Interface (UI) Misrepresentation of Critical Information (CVE-2018-25031)

Python

Updated: 1 year, 8 months ago
2 stars 1 fork 1 watcher
Born at : April 14, 2023, 7:48 p.m. This repo has been linked 1 different CVEs too.

None

Updated: 1 year, 11 months ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : Jan. 6, 2023, 11:58 a.m. This repo has been linked 1 different CVEs too.

.json and .yaml files used to exploit CVE-2018-25031

Updated: 1 year, 1 month ago
2 stars 11 fork 11 watcher
Born at : May 26, 2022, 7:06 p.m. This repo has been linked 1 different CVEs too.

Results are limited to the first 15 repositories due to potential performance issues.

The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2018-25031 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2018-25031 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

    Nov. 21, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://github.com/swagger-api/swagger-ui/issues/4872
    Added Reference https://github.com/swagger-api/swagger-ui/releases/tag/v4.1.3
    Added Reference https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20220407-0004/
    Added Reference https://security.snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-SWAGGERUI-2314885
  • CVE Modified by 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0

    Aug. 01, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CWE CISA-ADP CWE-918
    Added CWE CISA-ADP CWE-20
    Added CWE CISA-ADP CWE-922
    Added CVSS V3.1 CISA-ADP AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jul. 17, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Description Swagger UI before 4.1.3 could allow a remote attacker to conduct spoofing attacks. By persuading a victim to open a crafted URL, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to display remote OpenAPI definitions. Swagger UI 4.1.2 and earlier could allow a remote attacker to conduct spoofing attacks. By persuading a victim to open a crafted URL, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to display remote OpenAPI definitions. Note: This was originally claimed to be resolved in 4.1.3. However, third parties have indicated this is not resolved in 4.1.3 and even occurs in that version and possibly others.
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Jun. 03, 2022

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Reference Type https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20220407-0004/ No Types Assigned https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20220407-0004/ Third Party Advisory
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Apr. 08, 2022

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20220407-0004/ [No Types Assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Mar. 22, 2022

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 Metadata Victim must voluntarily interact with attack mechanism
    Added CVSS V2 NIST (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
    Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/swagger-api/swagger-ui/issues/4872 No Types Assigned https://github.com/swagger-api/swagger-ui/issues/4872 Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/swagger-api/swagger-ui/releases/tag/v4.1.3 No Types Assigned https://github.com/swagger-api/swagger-ui/releases/tag/v4.1.3 Release Notes, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://security.snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-SWAGGERUI-2314885 No Types Assigned https://security.snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-SWAGGERUI-2314885 Patch, Third Party Advisory
    Added CWE NIST CWE-20
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:smartbear:swagger_ui:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 4.1.3
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2018-25031 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2018-25031 weaknesses.

CAPEC-3: Using Leading 'Ghost' Character Sequences to Bypass Input Filters Using Leading 'Ghost' Character Sequences to Bypass Input Filters CAPEC-7: Blind SQL Injection Blind SQL Injection CAPEC-8: Buffer Overflow in an API Call Buffer Overflow in an API Call CAPEC-9: Buffer Overflow in Local Command-Line Utilities Buffer Overflow in Local Command-Line Utilities CAPEC-10: Buffer Overflow via Environment Variables Buffer Overflow via Environment Variables CAPEC-13: Subverting Environment Variable Values Subverting Environment Variable Values CAPEC-14: Client-side Injection-induced Buffer Overflow Client-side Injection-induced Buffer Overflow CAPEC-22: Exploiting Trust in Client Exploiting Trust in Client CAPEC-23: File Content Injection File Content Injection CAPEC-24: Filter Failure through Buffer Overflow Filter Failure through Buffer Overflow CAPEC-28: Fuzzing Fuzzing CAPEC-31: Accessing/Intercepting/Modifying HTTP Cookies Accessing/Intercepting/Modifying HTTP Cookies CAPEC-42: MIME Conversion MIME Conversion CAPEC-43: Exploiting Multiple Input Interpretation Layers Exploiting Multiple Input Interpretation Layers CAPEC-45: Buffer Overflow via Symbolic Links Buffer Overflow via Symbolic Links CAPEC-46: Overflow Variables and Tags Overflow Variables and Tags CAPEC-47: Buffer Overflow via Parameter Expansion Buffer Overflow via Parameter Expansion CAPEC-52: Embedding NULL Bytes Embedding NULL Bytes CAPEC-53: Postfix, Null Terminate, and Backslash Postfix, Null Terminate, and Backslash CAPEC-63: Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) CAPEC-64: Using Slashes and URL Encoding Combined to Bypass Validation Logic Using Slashes and URL Encoding Combined to Bypass Validation Logic CAPEC-67: String Format Overflow in syslog() String Format Overflow in syslog() CAPEC-71: Using Unicode Encoding to Bypass Validation Logic Using Unicode Encoding to Bypass Validation Logic CAPEC-72: URL Encoding URL Encoding CAPEC-73: User-Controlled Filename User-Controlled Filename CAPEC-78: Using Escaped Slashes in Alternate Encoding Using Escaped Slashes in Alternate Encoding CAPEC-79: Using Slashes in Alternate Encoding Using Slashes in Alternate Encoding CAPEC-80: Using UTF-8 Encoding to Bypass Validation Logic Using UTF-8 Encoding to Bypass Validation Logic CAPEC-81: Web Server Logs Tampering Web Server Logs Tampering CAPEC-83: XPath Injection XPath Injection CAPEC-85: AJAX Footprinting AJAX Footprinting CAPEC-88: OS Command Injection OS Command Injection CAPEC-101: Server Side Include (SSI) Injection Server Side Include (SSI) Injection CAPEC-104: Cross Zone Scripting Cross Zone Scripting CAPEC-108: Command Line Execution through SQL Injection Command Line Execution through SQL Injection CAPEC-109: Object Relational Mapping Injection Object Relational Mapping Injection CAPEC-110: SQL Injection through SOAP Parameter Tampering SQL Injection through SOAP Parameter Tampering CAPEC-120: Double Encoding Double Encoding CAPEC-135: Format String Injection Format String Injection CAPEC-136: LDAP Injection LDAP Injection CAPEC-153: Input Data Manipulation Input Data Manipulation CAPEC-182: Flash Injection Flash Injection CAPEC-209: XSS Using MIME Type Mismatch XSS Using MIME Type Mismatch CAPEC-230: Serialized Data with Nested Payloads Serialized Data with Nested Payloads CAPEC-231: Oversized Serialized Data Payloads Oversized Serialized Data Payloads CAPEC-250: XML Injection XML Injection CAPEC-261: Fuzzing for garnering other adjacent user/sensitive data Fuzzing for garnering other adjacent user/sensitive data CAPEC-267: Leverage Alternate Encoding Leverage Alternate Encoding CAPEC-473: Signature Spoof Signature Spoof CAPEC-588: DOM-Based XSS DOM-Based XSS CAPEC-664: Server Side Request Forgery Server Side Request Forgery CAPEC-664: Server Side Request Forgery Server Side Request Forgery
Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.76 }} 0.34%

score

0.80955

percentile

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