What is CVE-2018-5690?

CVE-2018-5690 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Dotclear, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2018-01-14.

How severe is CVE-2018-5690?

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

XSS in Dotclear

CVE-2018-5690

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in admin/users.php in Dotclear 2.12.1 allows remote authenticated users to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the nb parameter (aka the page limit number).

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.009 (56.1th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

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.

Affected products

Dotclear — versions 2.12.1
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)
cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-5690?: CVE-2018-5690 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Dotclear, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2018-01-14.
How severe is CVE-2018-5690?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.