CVE-2018-20464 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

There is a reflected XSS vulnerability in the CMS Made Simple 2.2.8 admin/myaccount.php. This vulnerability is triggered upon an attempt to modify a user's mailbox with the wrong format. The response contains the user's previously entered email address.

Published: 2018-12-25

Score: 6.1 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:cmsmadesimple:cms_made_simple:2.2.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2018-13019	There is a reflected XSS vulnerability in the CMS Made Simple 2.2.8 admin/myaccount.php. This vulnerability is triggered upon an attempt to modify a user's mailbox with the wrong format. The response contains the user's previously entered email address.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00675.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://github.com/Xmansec/cmsms_vul

History

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Subscriptions

Cmsmadesimple Cms Made Simple

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2018-12-25T23:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-05T12:05:16.896Z

Reserved: 2018-12-25T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2018-20464

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2018-12-25T23:29:00.277

Modified: 2026-06-17T01:52:53.767

Link: CVE-2018-20464

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-79
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

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