# CVE-2019-18949: Security feature bypass in n/a

> SnowHaze browser fails to block JavaScript during redirections, allowing unintended script execution despite user settings.

- **Severity:** High 7.5 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 14 Nov 2019
- **Updated:** 5 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-gqrr-28h7-96f8

## What is CVE-2019-18949?

CVE-2019-18949 is a high-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 14 Nov 2019. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

SnowHaze before 2.6.6 is sometimes too late to honor a per-site JavaScript blocking setting, which leads to unintended JavaScript execution via a chain of webpage redirections targeted to the user's browser configuration.

Weakness: CWE-863 (Incorrect Authorization)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-18949?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Snowhaze Snowhaze.

## How do I fix CVE-2019-18949?

No fix has been published for CVE-2019-18949 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2019-18949 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-18949 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2019-18949 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2019-18949 is a high-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 14 Nov 2019. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-18949 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: n/a. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-18949/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-18949/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-18949
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-18949
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2019-18949

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-18949/
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