What is CVE-2020-18693?

CVE-2020-18693 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Mineweb Minewebcms, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2021-08-06.

How severe is CVE-2020-18693?

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

XSS in Mineweb Minewebcms

CVE-2020-18693

Cross Site Scripting (XSS) in MineWebCMS v1.7.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by injecting malicious code into the 'Title' field of the component '/admin/news'.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

Published 2021-08-06 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.4 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.010 (61.2th percentile), scored 2026-10-02.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 61st percentile — 61.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.010 · newest: 0.010 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Mineweb Minewebcms — versions 1.7.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

github.com/MineWeb/MineWebCMS/issues/123 (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-18693?: CVE-2020-18693 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Mineweb Minewebcms, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2021-08-06.
How severe is CVE-2020-18693?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.