CVE-2018-15880
An issue was discovered in Joomla! before 3.8.12. Inadequate output filtering on the user profile...
An issue was discovered in Joomla! before 3.8.12. Inadequate output filtering on the user profile page could lead to a stored XSS attack.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- Required
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
An issue was discovered in Joomla! before 3.8.12. Inadequate output filtering on the user profile page could lead to a stored XSS attack.
- Record
CVE-2018-15880- CVSS 3.0
- 5.4 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N - CVSS 2.0
- 3.5 Low
AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
An issue was discovered in Joomla! before 3.8.12. Inadequate output filtering on the user profile page could lead to a stored XSS attack.
- Record
CVE-2018-15880- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2018-7737 No score
An issue was discovered in Joomla! before 3.8.12. Inadequate output filtering on the user profile page could lead to a stored XSS attack.
- Record
EUVD-2018-7737- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-23w8-fw6w-p2gr
An issue was discovered in Joomla! before 3.8.12. Inadequate output filtering on the user profile...
An issue was discovered in Joomla! before 3.8.12. Inadequate output filtering on the user profile page could lead to a stored XSS attack.
- Record
GHSA-23w8-fw6w-p2gr- CVSS 3.0
- 5.4 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV
An issue was discovered in Joomla! before 3.8.12. Inadequate output filtering on the user profile page could lead to a stored XSS attack.
- Record
CVE-2018-15880- CVSS 3.0
- 5.4 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2018-15880 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.4) in Joomla Joomla\!, published August 29, 2018. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.03%, the 63rd percentile. No source names a fixed version.