What is CVE-2018-17595?

CVE-2018-17595 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Fork-Cms Fork Cms, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2018-10-02.

How severe is CVE-2018-17595?

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

XSS in Fork-Cms Fork Cms

CVE-2018-17595

In the 5.4.0 version of the Fork CMS software, HTML Injection and Stored XSS vulnerabilities were discovered via the /backend/ajax URI.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

Published 2018-10-02 · 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: 0.010 (61.6th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 62nd percentile — 61.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.010 · newest: 0.010 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Fork-Cms Fork Cms — versions 5.4.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

packetstormsecurity.com/files/149596/CVE-2018-17595.txt (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-17595?: CVE-2018-17595 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Fork-Cms Fork Cms, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2018-10-02.
How severe is CVE-2018-17595?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.