XSS in Advanced Comment System Project

CVE-2018-18845

internal/advanced_comment_system/index.php and internal/advanced_comment_system/admin.php in Advanced Comment System, version 1.0, contain a reflected cross-site scripting vulnerability via ACS_path. A remote unauthenticated attacker could potentially exploit this vulnerability to supply malicious HTML or JavaScript code to a vulnerable web application, which is then reflected back to the victim and executed by the web browser. The product is discontinued.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.014 (70.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

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.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

  • cve@mitre.org (Exploit, VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
  • cve@mitre.org (Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-18845?
CVE-2018-18845 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Advanced Comment System Project, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2019-03-21.
How severe is CVE-2018-18845?
Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.