What is CVE-2018-15847?

CVE-2018-15847 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Puppycms, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2018-08-25.

How severe is CVE-2018-15847?

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

XSS in Puppycms

CVE-2018-15847

An issue was discovered in puppyCMS 5.1. There is an XSS vulnerability via menu.php in the "Add Page/URL" URL link field.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

Published 2018-08-25 · 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: 0.009 (57.4th percentile), scored 2026-10-03.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 57th percentile — 57.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.009 · newest: 0.009 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Puppycms — versions 5.1

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

github.com/choregus/puppyCMS/issues/12 (Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory)
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/149001 (Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-15847?: CVE-2018-15847 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Puppycms, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2018-08-25.
How severe is CVE-2018-15847?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.