CVE-2018-25058
Twitter-Post-Fetcher Link Target twitterFetcher.js reverse tabnabbing
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- VulDB
Description
A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in Twitter-Post-Fetcher up to 17.x. This affects an unknown part of the file js/twitterFetcher.js of the component Link Target Handler. The manipulation leads to use of web link to untrusted target with window.opener access. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. Upgrading to version 18.0.0 is able to address this issue. The name of the patch is 7d281c6fb5acbc29a2cad295262c1f0c19ca56f3. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component. The identifier VDB-217017 was assigned to this vulnerability.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| VulDBCNA (assigner) | 3.1 | Medium4.2 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L |
| VulDBCNA (assigner) | 3.0 | Medium4.2 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L |
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | Medium6.1 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.56% · top 53% of all CVEs (5 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.2.
Weakness
Affected products
Twitter-Post-Fetcher
- affected 17.x
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- npmtwitter-fetcher-jsGHSA-m688-cx2p-rgq9 (opens in a new tab)
References (5)
- https://vuldb.com/?id.217017 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_transferred
- https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.217017 (opens in a new tab)signaturepermissions-requiredx_transferred
- https://github.com/jasonmayes/Twitter-Post-Fetcher/pull/170 (opens in a new tab)issue-trackingx_transferred
- https://github.com/jasonmayes/Twitter-Post-Fetcher/commit/7d281c6fb5acbc29a2cad295262c1f0c19ca56f3 (opens in a new tab)patchx_transferred
- https://github.com/jasonmayes/Twitter-Post-Fetcher/releases/tag/18.0.0 (opens in a new tab)patchx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-m688-cx2p-rgq9 (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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