CVE-2018-25031 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Swagger UI 4.1.2 and earlier could allow a remote attacker to conduct spoofing attacks. By persuading a victim to open a crafted URL, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to display remote OpenAPI definitions. Note: This was originally claimed to be resolved in 4.1.3. However, third parties have indicated this is not resolved in 4.1.3 and even occurs in that version and possibly others.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.83676.

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:smartbear:swagger_ui:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Project Subscriptions

Vendors	Products
Smartbear Subscribe	Swagger Ui Subscribe

Advisories

Source	ID	Title
Github GHSA	GHSA-cr3q-pqgq-m8c2	Spoofing attack in swagger-ui

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://github.com/swagger-api/swagger-ui/issues/4872
https://github.com/swagger-api/swagger-ui/releases/tag/v4.1.3
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20220407-0004/
https://security.snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-SWAGGERUI-2314885

History

Fri, 20 Feb 2026 18:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Projects

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MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2022-03-11T06:47:46.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-05T12:26:39.523Z

Reserved: 2022-03-11T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2018-25031

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-05T12:26:39.523Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-03-11T07:15:07.190

Modified: 2024-11-21T04:03:23.847

Link: CVE-2018-25031

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

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