What is CVE-2018-16980?

CVE-2018-16980 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Dotcms, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2018-09-12.

How severe is CVE-2018-16980?

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

XSS in Dotcms

CVE-2018-16980

dotCMS V5.0.1 has XSS in the /html/portlet/ext/contentlet/image_tools/index.jsp fieldName and inode parameters.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

Published 2018-09-12 · 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: 0.008 (56.3th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 56th percentile — 56.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.008 · newest: 0.008 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Dotcms — versions 5.0.1

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

github.com/dotCMS/core/issues/15274 (Exploit, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-16980?: CVE-2018-16980 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Dotcms, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2018-09-12.
How severe is CVE-2018-16980?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.