What is CVE-2018-13983?

CVE-2018-13983 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Impresscms, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2019-05-06.

How severe is CVE-2018-13983?

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

XSS in Impresscms

CVE-2018-13983

ImpressCMS 1.3.10 has XSS via the PATH_INFO to htdocs/install/index.php, htdocs/install/page_langselect.php, or htdocs/install/page_modcheck.php.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

Published 2019-05-06 · 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: 0.015 (74.0th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 74th percentile — 74.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.015 · newest: 0.015 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Impresscms — versions 1.3.10

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

packetstormsecurity.com/files/150990/ImpressCMS-1.3.10-Cross-Site-Scripting.html (Exploit, VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory)
seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Jan/8 (Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
www.netsparker.com/web-applications-advisories/ns-18-033-cross-site-scripting-i… (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-13983?: CVE-2018-13983 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Impresscms, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2019-05-06.
How severe is CVE-2018-13983?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.