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)

Published 2018-01-15 · 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: 0.021 (80.7th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 81st percentile — 80.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.021 · newest: 0.021 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Foxsash Imghosting — versions 1.5

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43567/ (Exploit, VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, exploit)

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.