CVE-2018-6341 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

React applications which rendered to HTML using the ReactDOMServer API were not escaping user-supplied attribute names at render-time. That lack of escaping could lead to a cross-site scripting vulnerability. This issue affected minor releases 16.0.x, 16.1.x, 16.2.x, 16.3.x, and 16.4.x. It was fixed in 16.0.1, 16.1.2, 16.2.1, 16.3.3, and 16.4.2.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.16684.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Vendors	Products
Facebook	React

Configuration 1 [-]

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
Github GHSA	GHSA-mvjj-gqq2-p4hw	Cross-Site Scripting in react-dom

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://reactjs.org/blog/2018/08/01/react-v-16-4-2.html
https://twitter.com/reactjs/status/1024745321987887104

History

Tue, 06 May 2025 17:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
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MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: facebook

Published: 2018-12-31T22:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2025-05-06T16:54:17.932Z

Reserved: 2018-01-26T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2018-6341

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-05T06:01:48.794Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2018-12-31T22:29:00.387

Modified: 2025-05-06T17:15:51.207

Link: CVE-2018-6341

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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