What is CVE-2018-18276?

CVE-2018-18276 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Profiles Project, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 4.8/10. Published 2019-04-26.

How severe is CVE-2018-18276?

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

XSS in Profiles Project

CVE-2018-18276

XSS exists in the ProFiles 1.5 component for Joomla! via the name or path parameter when creating a new folder in the administrative panel.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

Published 2019-04-26 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.8 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.007 (49.6th percentile), scored 2026-10-02.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 50th percentile — 49.6% 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

Profiles Project — versions 1.5

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

www.cinquino.eu/ProFiles 1.5 Free Version Component Xss.htm (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-18276?: CVE-2018-18276 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Profiles Project, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 4.8/10. Published 2019-04-26.
How severe is CVE-2018-18276?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.8 out of 10.