Vulnerability in Bootstrap (CVE-2018-20676)
Summary
Vulnerability in Bootstrap (CVE-2018-20676). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.
Original description
The description as published by the source.
In Bootstrap before 3.4.0, XSS is possible in the tooltip data-viewport attribute.
Source: OSV.dev (Open Source Vulnerabilities) NVD GitHub Advisory OSV
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A weakness called CVE-2018-20676 was discovered in Bootstrap.
Severity is Info. Low severity or not yet rated.
What you should do: update the affected software to the latest version. If unsure, ask your IT team or search the vendor's site for "Bootstrap CVE-2018-20676".
CVE-2018-20676 (Bootstrap). Severity: Info.
Response plan:
- Check the vendor advisory for affected versions and the patched release.
- If a vulnerable version is running in production, schedule maintenance (urgency from KEV/CVSS).
- If no patch yet, mitigate via WAF rule, disabling the affected feature, etc.
- Monitor logs / SIEM for known IOC and PoC signatures of this CVE.
PoCs and fix commits: see the 'References' section, MITRE, and NVD.
A weakness (CVE-2018-20676) in Bootstrap. A serious software flaw has been identified.
Target versions of Bootstrap (see vendor advisory). If running in production, identify exposure immediately.
Severity: Info. Low severity or not yet rated.
Update to the patched release as listed in the vendor advisory.
If a patch is not yet available, consider disabling the affected feature, applying WAF rules, blocking via network ACLs, or isolating the vulnerable version.
Check version information, scan dependencies via SBOM, and monitor SIEM for IOC and PoC signatures related to this CVE.
Fix status by distribution
Fixed packages published by each distribution for this CVE
- Ubuntu UBUNTU-CVE-2018-20676 twitter-bootstrap
References
- advisory access.redhat.com
- advisory access.redhat.com
- advisory access.redhat.com
- advisory access.redhat.com
- advisory access.redhat.com
- advisory access.redhat.com
- advisory blog.getbootstrap.com
- advisory github.com
- patch github.com
- report github.com
- report github.com
- web lists.apache.org
- web tenable.com