XSS in Instagram-Clone Project

CVE-2018-13849

edit_requests.php in yTakkar Instagram-clone through 2018-04-23 has XSS via an onmouseover payload because of an inadequate XSS protection mechanism based on preg_replace.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

Published · last modified .

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: 0.023 (82.5th percentile), scored .

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 82nd percentile — 82.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS trend (30 days)EPSS over the last 30 days for CVE-2018-13849: held from 0.023 to 0.023.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.023 · newest: 0.023 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-13849?
CVE-2018-13849 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Instagram-Clone Project, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2018-07-10.
How severe is CVE-2018-13849?
Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.