What is CVE-2018-12655?

CVE-2018-12655 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Slims Akasia Project, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2018-06-22.

How severe is CVE-2018-12655?

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

XSS in Slims Akasia Project

CVE-2018-12655

Reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) exists in the Circulation module in SLiMS 8 Akasia 8.3.1 via an admin/modules/circulation/loan_rules.php?keywords= URI, a related issue to CVE-2017-7242.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

Published 2018-06-22 · 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: 0.009 (57.2th percentile), scored 2026-10-05.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 57th percentile — 57.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.011 · newest: 0.009 · change: -0.002

Affected products

Slims Akasia Project — versions 8.3.1

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

github.com/slims/slims8_akasia/issues/99 (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-12655?: CVE-2018-12655 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Slims Akasia Project, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2018-06-22.
How severe is CVE-2018-12655?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.