What is CVE-2018-14493?

CVE-2018-14493 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Opmantek Open-Audit, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2018-07-25.

How severe is CVE-2018-14493?

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

XSS in Opmantek Open-Audit

CVE-2018-14493

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Groups Page in Open-Audit Community 2.2.6 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the group name.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

Published 2018-07-25 · 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: 0.409 (98.7th percentile), scored 2026-11-01.

Moderate probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — watch for active exploitation reports. 99th percentile — 98.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.409 · newest: 0.409 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Opmantek Open-Audit — versions 2.2.6

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45160/ (Exploit, VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, exploit)
docs.google.com/document/d/1K3G6a8P_LhYdk5Ddn57Z2aDUpaGAS7I_F8lESVfSFfY/edit (Technical Description, Exploit, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-14493?: CVE-2018-14493 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Opmantek Open-Audit, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2018-07-25.
How severe is CVE-2018-14493?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.