Medium severity · published Feb 11, 2019
CVE-2018-20242
A carefully crafted URL could trigger an XSS vulnerability on Apache JSPWiki, from versions up to 2.10.5, which could lead to session hijacking
6.1
CVSS
5.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
A carefully crafted URL could trigger an XSS vulnerability on Apache JSPWiki, from versions up to 2.10.5, which could lead to session hijacking.
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)5.4% · higher than 93% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
AJ
Apache JSPWiki · Apache Software Foundation
prior to 2.10.5 · source: vendor
JS
Jspwiki · Apache
through 2.10.5 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-20242
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-20242
Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106804
lists.apache.org
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/8ee4644432c0a433c5c514a57d940cf6dcb0a0094acd97b36290f0b4%40%3Cuser.jspwiki.apache.org%3E
lists.apache.org
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/aac253cfc33c0429b528e2fcbe82d3a42d742083c528f58d192dfd16%40%3Ccommits.jspwiki.apache.org%3E
lists.apache.org
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/e42d6e93384d4a33e939989cd00ea2a06ccf1e7bb1e6bdd3bf5187c1%40%3Ccommits.jspwiki.apache.org%3E
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