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medium 6.1

CVE-2018-18845 json

internal/advanced_comment_system/index.php and internal/advanced_comment_system/admin.php in Advanced Comment System, version 1.0, contain…

published 7y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2018-10559

cvss
6.1
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.4%
EPSS 1.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 72%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

internal/advanced_comment_system/index.php and internal/advanced_comment_system/admin.php in Advanced Comment System, version 1.0, contain a reflected cross-site scripting vulnerability via ACS_path. A remote unauthenticated attacker could potentially exploit this vulnerability to supply malicious HTML or JavaScript code to a vulnerable web application, which is then reflected back to the victim and executed by the web browser. The product is discontinued.

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Exploit prediction

1.42% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 72% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • packetstormsecurity.com http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/151799/Advanced-Comment-System-1.0-Cross-Site-Scripting.html referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • seclists.org http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Feb/46 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 6.1 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
NVD 2.0 4.3 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation

References

Sources

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