What is CVE-2018-16639?

CVE-2018-16639 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Typesettercms Typesetter, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2019-05-13.

How severe is CVE-2018-16639?

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

Is CVE-2018-16639 known to be exploited?

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

XSS in Typesettercms Typesetter

CVE-2018-16639

Typesetter 5.1 allows XSS via the index.php/Admin LABEL parameter during new page creation.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.007 (48.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

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.

Affected products

Typesettercms Typesetter — versions 5.1
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

Public proof-of-concept exploits

0xT11/CVE-POC

References

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

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-16639?: CVE-2018-16639 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Typesettercms Typesetter, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2019-05-13.
How severe is CVE-2018-16639?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.
Is CVE-2018-16639 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.