Medium severity · published May 2, 2019
CVE-2018-16718
An XSS vulnerability exists in wwwblast.c in the 2.0.7 through 2.2.26 legacy versions of the NCBI ToolBox via a crafted -z1 argument
6.1
CVSS
0.8%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
An XSS vulnerability exists in wwwblast.c in the 2.0.7 through 2.2.26 legacy versions of the NCBI ToolBox via a crafted -z1 argument.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
None
Scope
Changed
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.8% · higher than 58% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
NT
Ncbi Toolbox · Nih
2.0.7 through 2.2.26 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-16718
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-16718
Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/grymer/CVE/blob/master/CVE-2018-16718.md
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