CVE-2018-10994 — js/views/message_view

js/views/message_view.js in Open Whisper Signal (aka Signal-Desktop) before 1.10.1 allows XSS via a URL.

01What is this vulnerability?

js/views/message_view.js in Open Whisper Signal (aka Signal-Desktop) before 1.10.1 allows XSS via a URL.

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
n	a / n/a	n/a

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

• Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
• Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
• Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

Ask SARA in chat to draft a starting detection for this CVE in your stack of choice.

07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

• Published: 2018-05-14T23:00:00.000Z
• Last modified: 2024-08-05T07:54:36.117Z

09References

• twitter.com — https://twitter.com/ortegaalfredo/status/995940738839056384
• twitter.com — https://twitter.com/bcrypt/status/995057030304952320
• github.com — https://github.com/signalapp/Signal-Desktop/releases/tag/v1.10.1
• twitter.com — https://twitter.com/lorenzoFB/status/995048605399633926
• github.com — https://github.com/signalapp/Signal-Desktop/commit/bfbd84f5d1308cdfcb08a1727821f…