What is CVE-2018-16516?

CVE-2018-16516 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Flask-Admin Project, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2018-09-05.

How severe is CVE-2018-16516?

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

XSS in Flask-Admin Project

CVE-2018-16516

helpers.py in Flask-Admin 1.5.2 has Reflected XSS via a crafted URL.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.012 (65.7th 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

Flask-admin_project Flask-admin — versions 1.5.2
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

cve@mitre.org (Exploit, x_refsource_MISC, Vendor Advisory)
cve@mitre.org (vendor-advisory, x_refsource_FEDORA)
cve@mitre.org (vendor-advisory, x_refsource_FEDORA)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-16516?: CVE-2018-16516 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Flask-Admin Project, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2018-09-05.
How severe is CVE-2018-16516?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.