What is CVE-2018-12696?

CVE-2018-12696 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Mao10 Mao10cms, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2018-06-23.

How severe is CVE-2018-12696?

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

XSS in Mao10 Mao10cms

CVE-2018-12696

mao10cms 6 allows XSS via the article page.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

Published 2018-06-23 · 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: 0.007 (51.7th percentile), scored 2026-10-05.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 52nd percentile — 51.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.008 · newest: 0.007 · change: -0.001

Affected products

Mao10 Mao10cms — versions 6.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

github.com/nsmaomao/mao10cms/issues/3 (Third Party Advisory)
github.com/chenrui1896/mao10cms_xss/wiki/The-xss-vulnerability-of-mao10cms (Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-12696?: CVE-2018-12696 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Mao10 Mao10cms, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2018-06-23.
How severe is CVE-2018-12696?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.