What is CVE-2018-16235?

CVE-2018-16235 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Telligent Community, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2018-10-23.

How severe is CVE-2018-16235?

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

XSS in Telligent Community

CVE-2018-16235

Telligent Community 6.x, 7.x, 8.x, 9.x before 9.2.10.11796, 10.1.x before 10.1.10.11792, and 10.2.x before 10.2.3.4725 has XSS via the Feed RSS widget.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

Published 2018-10-23 · 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 (57.3th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 57th percentile — 57.3% 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

Telligent Community — versions 6.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

community.telligent.com/community/10/w/user-documentation/61996/release-notes (Release Notes, Vendor Advisory)
community.telligent.com/community/9/w/user-documentation/52752/release-notes (Release Notes, Vendor Advisory)
www.horizonsecurity.it/lang_EN/advisories/ (Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-16235?: CVE-2018-16235 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Telligent Community, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2018-10-23.
How severe is CVE-2018-16235?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.