What is CVE-2018-19170?

CVE-2018-19170 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Jpress, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 4.8/10. Published 2018-11-11.

How severe is CVE-2018-19170?

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

XSS in Jpress

CVE-2018-19170

In JPress v1.0-rc.5, there is stored XSS via each of the first three input fields to the starter-tomcat-1.0/admin/setting URI, as demonstrated by the web_name parameter.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.006 (47.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

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.

Affected products

Jpress — versions 1.0
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-2018-19170?: CVE-2018-19170 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Jpress, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 4.8/10. Published 2018-11-11.
How severe is CVE-2018-19170?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.8 out of 10.