What is CVE-2018-7196?

CVE-2018-7196 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Enhancesoft Osticket, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2018-03-27.

How severe is CVE-2018-7196?

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

Is CVE-2018-7196 known to be exploited?

3 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

XSS in Enhancesoft Osticket

CVE-2018-7196

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in /scp/index.php in Enhancesoft osTicket before 1.10.2 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the "sort" parameter.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

Published 2018-03-27 · last modified 2026-07-10.

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: 0.024 (83.5th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 84th percentile — 83.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.024 · newest: 0.024 · change: -0.000

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

blog.securityevaluators.com/vulnerabilities-found-in-popular-ticketing-system-d… (Technical Description, Exploit, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-7196?: CVE-2018-7196 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Enhancesoft Osticket, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2018-03-27.
How severe is CVE-2018-7196?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.
Is CVE-2018-7196 known to be exploited?: 3 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.