What is CVE-2018-20141?

CVE-2018-20141 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Abantecart, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2019-03-21.

How severe is CVE-2018-20141?

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

XSS in Abantecart

CVE-2018-20141

AbanteCart 1.2.12 has reflected cross-site scripting (XSS) via the sort parameter, as demonstrated by a /apparel--accessories?sort= substring.

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 (74.7th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 75th percentile — 74.7% 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

Abantecart — versions 1.2.12

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

packetstormsecurity.com/files/151305/Abantecart-1.2.12-Cross-Site-Scripting.html (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory)
seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Jan/59 (Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
github.com/abantecart (Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-20141?: CVE-2018-20141 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Abantecart, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2019-03-21.
How severe is CVE-2018-20141?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.