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CVE-2018-1000828

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.0 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2018-12-20 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-611

Description

FrostWire version <= frostwire-desktop-6.7.4-build-272 contains a XML External Entity (XXE) vulnerability in Man in the middle on update that can result in Disclosure of confidential data, denial of service, SSRF, port scanning. This attack appear to be exploitable via Man in the middle the call to update the software.

Affected products

• Frostwire: 1.9.9-build246, 1.9.9-build247, 2.0.7-build263, 6.1.6-build166, 6.1.6-build167, 6.1.7-build168 (+86)

References

• https://0dd.zone/2018/10/28/frostwire-XXE-MitM/
• https://github.com/frostwire/frostwire/issues/829
• https://0dd.zone/2018/10/28/frostwire-XXE-MitM/
• https://github.com/frostwire/frostwire/issues/829

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