What is CVE-2018-20642?

CVE-2018-20642 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Entrepreneur Job Portal Script Project, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2019-03-21.

How severe is CVE-2018-20642?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.

Buffer overflow in Entrepreneur Job Portal Script Project

CVE-2018-20642

PHP Scripts Mall Entrepreneur Job Portal Script 3.0.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (outage of profile editing) via crafted JavaScript code in the KeySkills field.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

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

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.016 (74.6th percentile), scored 2026-10-02.

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

Entrepreneur Job Portal Script Project — versions 3.0.1

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

References

gkaim.com/cve-2018-20642-vikas-chaudhary/ (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-20642?: CVE-2018-20642 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Entrepreneur Job Portal Script Project, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2019-03-21.
How severe is CVE-2018-20642?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.