What is CVE-2018-5479?

CVE-2018-5479 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Foxsash Imghosting, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2018-01-15.

How severe is CVE-2018-5479?

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

XSS in Foxsash Imghosting

CVE-2018-5479

FoxSash ImgHosting 1.5 (according to footer information) is vulnerable to XSS attacks. The affected function is its search engine via the search parameter to the default URI. Since there is an user/admin login interface, it's possible for attackers to steal sessions of users and thus admin(s). By sending users an infected URL, code will be executed.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.021 (79.5th 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

Foxsash Imghosting — versions 1.5
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

cve@mitre.org (Exploit, VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, exploit, x_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-5479?: CVE-2018-5479 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Foxsash Imghosting, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2018-01-15.
How severe is CVE-2018-5479?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.