What is CVE-2018-6561?

CVE-2018-6561 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Dojotoolkit Dojo, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2018-02-02.

How severe is CVE-2018-6561?

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

XSS in Dojotoolkit Dojo

CVE-2018-6561

dijit.Editor in Dojo Toolkit 1.13 allows XSS via the onload attribute of an SVG element.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

Published 2018-02-02 · 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: 0.012 (66.2th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 66th percentile — 66.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.011 · newest: 0.012 · change: +0.000

Affected products

Dojotoolkit Dojo — versions 1.13.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

github.com/imsebao/404team/blob/master/dijit_editor_xss.md (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-6561?: CVE-2018-6561 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Dojotoolkit Dojo, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2018-02-02.
How severe is CVE-2018-6561?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.