What is CVE-2018-10068?

CVE-2018-10068 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Jdownloads, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2018-04-12.

How severe is CVE-2018-10068?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.

Is CVE-2018-10068 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

XSS in Jdownloads

CVE-2018-10068

The jDownloads extension before 3.2.59 for Joomla! has XSS.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

Published 2018-04-12 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.1 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.039 (89.8th percentile), scored 2026-10-02.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 90th percentile — 89.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.039 · newest: 0.039 · change: -0.001

Affected products

Jdownloads

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

Public proof-of-concept exploits

MrR3boot/CVE-Hunting

References

www.jdownloads.com/index.php/news/264-jdownloads-3-2-59-published.html (Patch, Vendor Advisory)
www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44471/ (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, exploit)
vel.joomla.org/resolved/2150-jdownloads-3-2-58-xss-cross-site-scripting (Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-10068?: CVE-2018-10068 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Jdownloads, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2018-04-12.
How severe is CVE-2018-10068?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.
Is CVE-2018-10068 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.