What is CVE-2018-20448?

CVE-2018-20448 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Frog Cms Project, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2018-12-25.

How severe is CVE-2018-20448?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.

XSS in Frog Cms Project

CVE-2018-20448

Frog CMS 0.9.5 has XSS via the Database name field to the /install/index.php URI.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

Published 2018-12-25 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.4 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.017 (76.0th percentile), scored 2026-10-02.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 76th percentile — 76.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.017 · newest: 0.017 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Frog Cms Project — versions 0.9.5

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

github.com/philippe/FrogCMS/issues/20 (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)
www.exploit-db.com/exploits/46067/ (Exploit, VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, exploit)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-20448?: CVE-2018-20448 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Frog Cms Project, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2018-12-25.
How severe is CVE-2018-20448?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.