4.8med
CVE-2018-16249
In Symphony before 3.3.0, there is XSS in the Title under Post.
Published 7 y ago · modified 4 mo ago · JSON
CVSS
4.8
v3.0 · NVD
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
0.5%
percentile 45%
Public exploits
0
none known
Summary
In Symphony before 3.3.0, there is XSS in the Title under Post. The ID "articleTitle" of this is stored in the "articleTitle" JSON field, and executes a payload when accessing the /member/test/points URI, allowing remote attacks. Any Web script or HTML can be inserted by an admin-authenticated user via a crafted web site name.
Exploit prediction (EPSS)
0.52% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 45% of all scored CVEs.
CVSS scores
| Assigned by | Version | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVD | 3.0 | 4.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N |
| NVD | 2.0 | 3.5 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N |
Classification
- Weakness
- CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation
References
- github.com /b3log/symphony/issues/729 · x_refsource_MISC, x_transferred
Sources
- CVE List: CVE-2018-16249
- NVD: CVE-2018-16249
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