What is CVE-2018-15494?

CVE-2018-15494 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Dojotoolkit Dojo, classified under Improper Encoding or Escaping of Output. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2018-08-18.

How severe is CVE-2018-15494?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.

Is CVE-2018-15494 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Vulnerability in Dojotoolkit Dojo

CVE-2018-15494

In Dojo Toolkit before 1.14, there is unescaped string injection in dojox/Grid/DataGrid.

Published 2018-08-18 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.025 (84.4th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 84th percentile — 84.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.025 · newest: 0.025 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Dojotoolkit Dojo
Debian Linux — versions 8.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-116 — Improper Encoding or Escaping of Output

Public proof-of-concept exploits

ARPSyndicate/cve-scores

References

dojotoolkit.org/blog/dojo-1-14-released (Vendor Advisory)
lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00002.html (mailing-list, Third Party Advisory)
github.com/dojo/dojox/pull/283 (Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-15494?: CVE-2018-15494 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Dojotoolkit Dojo, classified under Improper Encoding or Escaping of Output. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2018-08-18.
How severe is CVE-2018-15494?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2018-15494 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.