What is CVE-2018-19836?

CVE-2018-19836 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Metinfo, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2018-12-03.

How severe is CVE-2018-19836?

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

XSS in Metinfo

CVE-2018-19836

In Metinfo 6.1.3, include/interface/applogin.php allows setting arbitrary HTTP headers (including the Cookie header), and common.inc.php allows registering variables from the $_COOKIE value. This issue can, for example, be exploited in conjunction with CVE-2018-19835 to bypass many XSS filters such as the Chrome XSS filter.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.008 (52.8th 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

Metinfo — versions 6.1.3
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

cve@mitre.org (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-19836?: CVE-2018-19836 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Metinfo, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2018-12-03.
How severe is CVE-2018-19836?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.