What is CVE-2020-18165?

CVE-2020-18165 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Laobancms, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 4.8/10. Published 2021-05-12.

How severe is CVE-2020-18165?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.8 out of 10.

XSS in Laobancms

CVE-2020-18165

Cross Site Scripting (XSS) in LAOBANCMS v2.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by injecting commands into the "Website SEO Keywords" field on the page "admin/info.php?shuyu".

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

Published 2021-05-12 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.8 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.009 (58.5th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 59th percentile — 58.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.009 · newest: 0.009 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Laobancms — versions 2.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

github.com/Cumtyuanfeng/Laobancms/blob/master/vuln.md (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-18165?: CVE-2020-18165 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Laobancms, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 4.8/10. Published 2021-05-12.
How severe is CVE-2020-18165?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.8 out of 10.