What is CVE-2018-5798?

CVE-2018-5798 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Cloudera Manager, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2019-06-07.

How severe is CVE-2018-5798?

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

XSS in Cloudera Manager

CVE-2018-5798

This CVE relates to an unspecified cross site scripting vulnerability in Cloudera Manager.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

Published 2019-06-07 · 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: 0.007 (49.3th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 49th percentile — 49.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.007 · newest: 0.007 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Cloudera Manager — versions 5.12, 5.12.1, 5.12.2

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

www.cloudera.com (Vendor Advisory)
www.cloudera.com/documentation/other/security-bulletins/topics/Security-Bulleti… (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-5798?: CVE-2018-5798 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Cloudera Manager, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2019-06-07.
How severe is CVE-2018-5798?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.