What is CVE-2018-20121?

CVE-2018-20121 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Podcastgenerator Podcast Generator, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2019-03-21.

How severe is CVE-2018-20121?

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

XSS in Podcastgenerator Podcast Generator

CVE-2018-20121

Podcast Generator 2.7 has stored cross-site scripting (XSS) via the URL addcategory parameter.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

Published 2019-03-21 · last modified 2026-06-17.

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.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.016 (74.6th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 75th percentile — 74.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.016 · newest: 0.016 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Podcastgenerator Podcast Generator — versions 2.7

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

packetstormsecurity.com/files/151333/Podcast-Generator-2.7-Cross-Site-Scripting… (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory)
seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Jan/63 (Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
github.com/albertobeta/PodcastGenerator/commits/master (Third Party Advisory)
www.netsparker.com/web-applications-advisories/ns-18-051-stored-cross-site-scri… (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-20121?: CVE-2018-20121 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Podcastgenerator Podcast Generator, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2019-03-21.
How severe is CVE-2018-20121?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.