What is CVE-2018-17572?

CVE-2018-17572 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Influxdata Influxdb, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 4.8/10. Published 2020-03-02.

How severe is CVE-2018-17572?

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

XSS in Influxdata Influxdb

CVE-2018-17572

InfluxDB 0.9.5 has Reflected XSS in the Write Data module.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

Published 2020-03-02 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.8 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.007 (52.3th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 52nd percentile — 52.3% 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

Influxdata Influxdb

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

gist.github.com/Raghavrao29/1cb84f1f2d8ce993fd7b2d1366d35f48 (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)
github.com/influxdata/influxdb/releases/tag/v0.9.6 (Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-17572?: CVE-2018-17572 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Influxdata Influxdb, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 4.8/10. Published 2020-03-02.
How severe is CVE-2018-17572?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.8 out of 10.