CVE-2018-6341

React applications which rendered to HTML using the ReactDOMServer API were not escaping user-supplied attribute names at render-time. That lack of escaping could lead to a cross-site scripting vulnerability. This issue affected minor releases 16.0.x, 16.1.x, 16.2.x, 16.3.x, and 16.4.x. It was fixed in 16.0.1, 16.1.2, 16.2.1, 16.3.3, and 16.4.2.

Published: 2018-12-31 Last update: 2025-05-06 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2018-6341 is rated Moderate Risk (56.3/100): CVSS Medium severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 10.07%, 93th percentile). Core evidence: EPSS ranks this CVE among the most likely to be exploited in the near term. Mandatory action: High exploitation likelihood—assess exposure and prioritize remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2018-6341

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-02 10.83% 10.07% -0.76%
2 2026-05-31 10.57% 10.83% +0.26%
3 2026-03-04 10.57%

Full EPSS history (48 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2018-6341

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
6.1 3.1 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:R)
A real person has to do something—click, install, enable—otherwise it doesn’t land.
Scope (S:C)
Breaking this can reach past the original component and bite other resources—bigger blast radius.
Confidentiality (C:L)
Some sensitive info could get out, but not a total data dump.
Integrity (I:L)
Attackers could change some data, but it’s limited—not everything goes.
Availability (A:N)
Service keeps running; no real outage angle.
2.8 2.7 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0
6.1 3.0 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:R)
A real person has to do something—click, install, enable—otherwise it doesn’t land.
Scope (S:C)
Breaking this can reach past the original component and bite other resources—bigger blast radius.
Confidentiality (C:L)
Some sensitive info could get out, but not a total data dump.
Integrity (I:L)
Attackers could change some data, but it’s limited—not everything goes.
Availability (A:N)
Service keeps running; no real outage angle.
2.8 2.7 [email protected]
4.3 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
8.6 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2018-6341

GitHub Security Advisory for CVE-2018-6341

GHSA-mvjj-gqq2-p4hw · Severity: medium · Ecosystem: npm — Cross-Site Scripting in react-dom

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2018-6341

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
facebook react >= 16.0.0, < 16.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:facebook:react:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
facebook react >= 16.1.0, < 16.1.2 cpe:2.3:a:facebook:react:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
facebook react >= 16.2.0, < 16.2.1 cpe:2.3:a:facebook:react:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
facebook react >= 16.3.0, < 16.3.3 cpe:2.3:a:facebook:react:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
facebook react >= 16.4.0, < 16.4.2 cpe:2.3:a:facebook:react:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2018-6341

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