What is CVE-2018-16772?

CVE-2018-16772 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Hoosk, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 4.8/10. Published 2018-09-10.

How severe is CVE-2018-16772?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.8 out of 10.

XSS in Hoosk

CVE-2018-16772

Hoosk v1.7.0 allows XSS via the Navigation Title of a new page entered at admin/pages/new.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

Published 2018-09-10 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.8 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.007 (50.0th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 50th percentile — 50.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.007 · newest: 0.007 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Hoosk — versions 1.7.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

github.com/havok89/Hoosk/issues/47 (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-16772?: CVE-2018-16772 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Hoosk, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 4.8/10. Published 2018-09-10.
How severe is CVE-2018-16772?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.8 out of 10.