What is CVE-2018-15880?

CVE-2018-15880 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Joomla Joomla\!, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2018-08-29.

How severe is CVE-2018-15880?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.

XSS in Joomla Joomla\!

CVE-2018-15880

An issue was discovered in Joomla! before 3.8.12. Inadequate output filtering on the user profile page could lead to a stored XSS attack.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.010 (60.3th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.4 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Joomla Joomla\!
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

cve@mitre.org (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)
cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)
cve@mitre.org (Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-15880?: CVE-2018-15880 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Joomla Joomla\!, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2018-08-29.
How severe is CVE-2018-15880?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.