CVE-2018-12587
A cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability was found in valeuraddons German Spelling Dictionary...
A cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability was found in valeuraddons German Spelling Dictionary v1.3 (an Opera Browser add-on). Instead of providing text for a spelling check, remote attackers may inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the ajax query parameter in the URL Address Bar.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- Required
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
A cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability was found in valeuraddons German Spelling Dictionary v1.3 (an Opera Browser add-on). Instead of providing text for a spelling check, remote attackers may inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the ajax query parameter in the URL Address Bar.
- Record
CVE-2018-12587- CVSS 3.0
- 6.1 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N - CVSS 2.0
- 4.3 Medium
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
A cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability was found in valeuraddons German Spelling Dictionary v1.3 (an Opera Browser add-on). Instead of providing text for a spelling check, remote attackers may inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the ajax query parameter in the URL Address Bar.
- Record
CVE-2018-12587- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2018-4546 No score
A cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability was found in valeuraddons German Spelling Dictionary v1.3 (an Opera Browser add-on). Instead of providing text for a spelling check, remote attackers may inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the ajax query parameter in the URL Address Bar.
- Record
EUVD-2018-4546- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-c22x-m825-4cw6
A cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability was found in valeuraddons German Spelling Dictionary...
A cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability was found in valeuraddons German Spelling Dictionary v1.3 (an Opera Browser add-on). Instead of providing text for a spelling check, remote attackers may inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the ajax query parameter in the URL Address Bar.
- Record
GHSA-c22x-m825-4cw6- CVSS 3.0
- 6.1 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2018-12587 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.1) in German Spelling Dictionary Project Spelling Dictionary, published August 13, 2018. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.81%, the 57th percentile. No source names a fixed version.