What is CVE-2018-18940?

CVE-2018-18940 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Netscape Enterprise_server, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2019-01-31.

How severe is CVE-2018-18940?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.

XSS in Netscape Enterprise_server

CVE-2018-18940

servlet/SnoopServlet (a servlet installed by default) in Netscape Enterprise 3.63 has reflected XSS via an arbitrary parameter=[XSS] in the query string. A remote unauthenticated attacker could potentially exploit this vulnerability to sup…

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.014 (69.3th 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

Netscape Enterprise_server — versions 3.63
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

cve@mitre.org (Exploit, VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
cve@mitre.org (mailing-list, Exploit, x_refsource_FULLDISC, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-18940?: CVE-2018-18940 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Netscape Enterprise_server, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2019-01-31.
How severe is CVE-2018-18940?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.