What is CVE-2018-12587?

CVE-2018-12587 is a medium-severity vulnerability in German Spelling Dictionary Project, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2018-08-13.

How severe is CVE-2018-12587?

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

XSS in German Spelling Dictionary Project

CVE-2018-12587

A cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability was found in valeuraddons German Spelling Dictionary v1.3 (an Opera Browser add-on). Instead of providing text for a spelling check, remote attackers may inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the ajax query parameter in the URL Address Bar.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.008 (53.2th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

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.

Affected products

German_spelling_dictionary_project German_spelling_dictionary — versions 1.3
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

cve@mitre.org (Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
cve@mitre.org (Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-12587?: CVE-2018-12587 is a medium-severity vulnerability in German Spelling Dictionary Project, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2018-08-13.
How severe is CVE-2018-12587?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.