CVE-2018-20858 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Recommender before 2018-07-18 allows XSS.

Published: 2019-08-09

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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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:edx:recommender:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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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-2019-0120	Recommender before 2018-07-18 allows XSS.
Github GHSA	GHSA-3j5x-7ccf-ppgm	Cross-site scripting in recommender-xblock

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 0.00855.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://github.com/edx/RecommenderXBlock/pull/2
https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21topic/openedx-announce/SF8Sn6MuUTg

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Edx Recommender

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2019-08-09T15:34:25.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-05T12:12:29.740Z

Reserved: 2019-07-29T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2018-20858

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2019-08-09T16:15:10.803

Modified: 2026-06-17T01:53:36.780

Link: CVE-2018-20858

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

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

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