What is CVE-2018-16405?

CVE-2018-16405 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Mayan-Edms Mayan Edms, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2018-09-03.

How severe is CVE-2018-16405?

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

Is CVE-2018-16405 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

XSS in Mayan-Edms Mayan Edms

CVE-2018-16405

An issue was discovered in Mayan EDMS before 3.0.2. The Appearance app sets window.location directly, leading to XSS.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

Published 2018-09-03 · 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: 0.013 (70.5th percentile), scored 2026-10-01.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 70th percentile — 70.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.013 · newest: 0.013 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Mayan-Edms Mayan Edms

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

Public proof-of-concept exploits

ARPSyndicate/cvemon

References

gitlab.com/mayan-edms/mayan-edms/issues/494 (Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory)
gitlab.com/mayan-edms/mayan-edms/commit/9ebe80595afe4fdd1e2c74358d6a9421f4ce130e (Patch, Third Party Advisory)
gitlab.com/mayan-edms/mayan-edms/blob/master/HISTORY.rst (Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-16405?: CVE-2018-16405 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Mayan-Edms Mayan Edms, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2018-09-03.
How severe is CVE-2018-16405?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.
Is CVE-2018-16405 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.