What is CVE-2018-16785?

CVE-2018-16785 is a high-severity vulnerability in Dedecms, classified under XML Injection (Blind XPath Injection). CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2018-09-19.

How severe is CVE-2018-16785?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.

XPath Injection in Dedecms

CVE-2018-16785

XML injection vulnerability exists in the file of DedeCMS V5.7 SP2 version, which can be utilized by attackers to create script file to obtain webshell

Published 2018-09-19 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.019 (79.2th percentile), scored 2026-10-01.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 79th percentile — 79.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.019 · newest: 0.019 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Dedecms — versions 5.7

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-91 — XML Injection (Blind XPath Injection)

References

github.com/ky-j/dedecms/issues/4 (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-16785?: CVE-2018-16785 is a high-severity vulnerability in Dedecms, classified under XML Injection (Blind XPath Injection). CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2018-09-19.
How severe is CVE-2018-16785?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.