What is CVE-2018-16248?

CVE-2018-16248 is a medium-severity vulnerability in B3log Solo, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2019-06-20.

How severe is CVE-2018-16248?

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

XSS in B3log Solo

CVE-2018-16248

b3log Solo 2.9.3 has XSS in the Input page under the "Publish Articles" menu with an ID of "articleTags" stored in the "tag" JSON field, which allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary Web scripts or HTML via a carefully crafted site name in an admin-authenticated HTTP request.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.010 (59.1th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

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.

Affected products

B3log Solo — versions 2.9.3
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

cve@mitre.org (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC, Issue Tracking)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-16248?: CVE-2018-16248 is a medium-severity vulnerability in B3log Solo, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2019-06-20.
How severe is CVE-2018-16248?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.