What is CVE-2018-18841?

CVE-2018-18841 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Sem-Cms Semcms, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 4.8/10. Published 2018-10-30.

How severe is CVE-2018-18841?

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

XSS in Sem-Cms Semcms

CVE-2018-18841

XSS was discovered in SEMCMS PHP V3.4 via the SEMCMS_SeoAndTag.php?Class=edit&CF=SeoAndTag tag_indexkey parameter.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

Published 2018-10-30 · 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: 0.005 (42.8th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 43rd percentile — 42.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.005 · newest: 0.005 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Sem-Cms Semcms — versions 3.4

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

github.com/m3lon/XSS-Expoit/blob/master/SEMCMS Stored XSS_2.md (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-18841?: CVE-2018-18841 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Sem-Cms Semcms, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 4.8/10. Published 2018-10-30.
How severe is CVE-2018-18841?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.8 out of 10.