What is CVE-2018-20165?

CVE-2018-20165 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Opentext Portal, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2019-03-22.

How severe is CVE-2018-20165?

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

Is CVE-2018-20165 known to be exploited?

2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

XSS in Opentext Portal

CVE-2018-20165

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in OpenText Portal 7.4.4 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the vgnextoid parameter to a menuitem URI.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.015 (72.0th 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

Opentext Opentext_portal — versions 7.4.4
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

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

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-20165?: CVE-2018-20165 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Opentext Portal, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2019-03-22.
How severe is CVE-2018-20165?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.
Is CVE-2018-20165 known to be exploited?: 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.