High severity7.5NVD Advisory· Published Jan 31, 2018· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2018-6460
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.
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References
2- blogs.securiteam.com/index.php/archives/3604nvdExploitThird Party Advisory
- www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44042/nvdExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
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