What is CVE-2018-16205?

CVE-2018-16205 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Weseek Growi, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2019-01-09.

How severe is CVE-2018-16205?

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

XSS in Weseek Growi

CVE-2018-16205

Cross-site scripting vulnerability in GROWI v3.2.3 and earlier allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via New Page modal.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

Published 2019-01-09 · last modified 2026-06-17.

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.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.007 (50.5th percentile), scored 2026-10-02.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 51st percentile — 50.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.007 · newest: 0.007 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Weseek Growi
Weseek, Inc. Growi — versions v3.2.3 and earlier

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN96493183/index.html (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)
weseek.co.jp/security/2018/12/25/growi-prevent-xss2/ (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-16205?: CVE-2018-16205 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Weseek Growi, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2019-01-09.
How severe is CVE-2018-16205?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.