{"id":"CVE-2018-6460","aliases":["EUVD-2018-18217","GHSA-j5ch-4g5w-xfgv"],"status":"published","title":"Hotspot Shield runs a webserver with a static IP address 127.0.0.1 and port 895. The web server...","description":"Hotspot Shield runs a webserver with a static IP address 127.0.0.1 and port 895. The web server uses JSONP and hosts sensitive information including configuration. User controlled input is not sufficiently filtered: an unauthenticated attacker can send a POST request to /status.js with the parameter func=$_APPLOG.Rfunc and extract sensitive information about the machine, including whether the user is connected to a VPN, to which VPN he/she is connected, and what is their real IP address.","severity":{"version":"3.0","score":7.5,"vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N","level":"high","assessor":"primary","from":"nvd"},"epss":{"day":"2026-11-07","score":0.1098,"percentile":0.95922,"model":"v2026.06.15"},"facts":{"in_kev":false,"known_exploited":false,"public_exploit":true,"fix_available":false},"cwes":["CWE-200"],"published":"2018-01-31T17:00:00Z","modified":"2026-06-17T02:01:51Z","exploits":[{"source":"exploitdb","id":"EDB-44042","title":"Hotspot Shield - Information Disclosure","type":"local","platform":"windows","date":"2018-01-30","url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44042"}],"products":[{"vendor":"anchorfree","product":"hotspot_shield"}],"references":[{"url":"https://blogs.securiteam.com/index.php/archives/3604","tags":["x_refsource_MISC","x_transferred","Exploit","Third Party Advisory"]},{"url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44042/","tags":["exploit","x_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB","x_transferred","Exploit","Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"]},{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-6460"},{"url":"https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-j5ch-4g5w-xfgv"}],"sources":{"cve":[{"id":"CVE-2018-6460","description":"Hotspot Shield runs a webserver with a static IP address 127.0.0.1 and port 895. The web server uses JSONP and hosts sensitive information including configuration. User controlled input is not sufficiently filtered: an unauthenticated attacker can send a POST request to /status.js with the parameter func=$_APPLOG.Rfunc and extract sensitive information about the machine, including whether the user is connected to a VPN, to which VPN he/she is connected, and what is their real IP address.","status":"published","published":"2018-01-31T17:00:00Z","modified":"2024-08-05T06:01:49.271Z","updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:35:05.961936Z"}],"euvd":[{"id":"EUVD-2018-18217","description":"Hotspot Shield runs a webserver with a static IP address 127.0.0.1 and port 895. The web server uses JSONP and hosts sensitive information including configuration. User controlled input is not sufficiently filtered: an unauthenticated attacker can send a POST request to /status.js with the parameter func=$_APPLOG.Rfunc and extract sensitive information about the machine, including whether the user is connected to a VPN, to which VPN he/she is connected, and what is their real IP address.","status":"published","published":"2018-01-31T17:00:00Z","modified":"2024-08-05T06:01:49Z","updated_at":"2026-11-03T02:40:08.072854Z"}],"ghsa":[{"id":"GHSA-j5ch-4g5w-xfgv","title":"Hotspot Shield runs a webserver with a static IP address 127.0.0.1 and port 895. The web server...","description":"Hotspot Shield runs a webserver with a static IP address 127.0.0.1 and port 895. The web server uses JSONP and hosts sensitive information including configuration. User controlled input is not sufficiently filtered: an unauthenticated attacker can send a POST request to /status.js with the parameter func=$_APPLOG.Rfunc and extract sensitive information about the machine, including whether the user is connected to a VPN, to which VPN he/she is connected, and what is their real IP address.","status":"published","published":"2022-05-14T03:41:29Z","modified":"2023-02-02T05:08:25Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.0","score":7.5,"vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N","level":"high"}],"cwes":["CWE-200"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:52:44.255603Z"}],"nvd":[{"id":"CVE-2018-6460","description":"Hotspot Shield runs a webserver with a static IP address 127.0.0.1 and port 895. The web server uses JSONP and hosts sensitive information including configuration. User controlled input is not sufficiently filtered: an unauthenticated attacker can send a POST request to /status.js with the parameter func=$_APPLOG.Rfunc and extract sensitive information about the machine, including whether the user is connected to a VPN, to which VPN he/she is connected, and what is their real IP address.","status":"published","published":"2018-01-31T17:29:00.217Z","modified":"2026-06-17T02:01:51.527Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.0","score":7.5,"vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N","level":"high","assessor":"primary"},{"version":"2.0","score":5,"vector":"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N","level":"medium","assessor":"primary"}],"cwes":["CWE-200"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:04:22.897995Z"}]}}