PT-2018-13665 · Evolution Cms · Evolution Cms

Published 2018-12-28 · Updated 2022-05-14 · CVE-2018-16638

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

5.4

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Evolution CMS versions 1.4.0 through 1.4.5

Description The issue allows for XSS via the manager/ API endpoint, specifically through the search parameter. This can potentially lead to malicious script execution.

Recommendations For Evolution CMS versions 1.4.0 through 1.4.5, update to version 1.4.6 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the manager/ API endpoint until the update is applied. Avoid using the search parameter in the affected API endpoint until the issue is resolved.

Exploit

Fix

XSS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-79

Related Identifiers

CVE-2018-16638

GHSA-9MFC-GR8C-XJ4M

Affected Products

Evolution Cms

References · 7

• 🔥❌ https://github.com/security-breachlock/CVE-2018-16638/blob/master/evolution_xss_reflected.pdf · Exploit, Deleted
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-9mfc-gr8c-xj4m · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-16638 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-16638 · Vendor Advisory
• https://github.com/evolution-cms/evolution · Note
• https://github.com/evolution-cms/evolution/commit/b59d1f57be37ab752d65be4bc4d3546c36b69415 · Note
• https://github.com/evolution-cms/evolution/issues/789 · Note