What is CVE-2018-17830?

CVE-2018-17830 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Redaxo, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2018-10-01.

How severe is CVE-2018-17830?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.

XSS in Redaxo

CVE-2018-17830

The $args variable in addons/mediapool/pages/index.php in REDAXO 5.6.2 is not effectively filtered, because names are not restricted (only values are restricted). The attacker can insert XSS payloads via an index.php?page=mediapool/media&opener_input_field=&args[ substring.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.007 (48.8th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.4 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Redaxo — versions 5.6.2
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

cve@mitre.org (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-17830?: CVE-2018-17830 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Redaxo, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2018-10-01.
How severe is CVE-2018-17830?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.