What is CVE-2018-17886?

CVE-2018-17886 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Jeesns, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2018-10-02.

How severe is CVE-2018-17886?

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

XSS in Jeesns

CVE-2018-17886

An issue was discovered in JEESNS 1.3. The XSS filter in com.lxinet.jeesns.core.utils.XssHttpServletRequestWrapper.java could be bypassed, as demonstrated by a <svg/onLoad=confirm substring. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2018-12429.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.007 (48.0th 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

Jeesns — versions 1.3
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-2018-17886?: CVE-2018-17886 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Jeesns, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2018-10-02.
How severe is CVE-2018-17886?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.