CVE-2018-20859
edx-platform before 2018-07-18 allows XSS via a response to a Chemical Equation advanced problem.
edx-platform before 2018-07-18 allows XSS via a response to a Chemical Equation advanced problem.
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
edx-platform before 2018-07-18 allows XSS via a response to a Chemical Equation advanced problem.
- Record
CVE-2018-20859- CVSS 3.1
- 6.1 Medium
CVSS:3.1/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
edx-platform before 2018-07-18 allows XSS via a response to a Chemical Equation advanced problem.
- Record
CVE-2018-20859- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2018-13397 No score
edx-platform before 2018-07-18 allows XSS via a response to a Chemical Equation advanced problem.
- Record
EUVD-2018-13397- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-mrv2-vg67-g8pw
edx-platform before 2018-07-18 allows XSS via a response to a Chemical Equation advanced problem.
edx-platform before 2018-07-18 allows XSS via a response to a Chemical Equation advanced problem.
- Record
GHSA-mrv2-vg67-g8pw- CVSS 3.1
- 6.1 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV
edx-platform before 2018-07-18 allows XSS via a response to a Chemical Equation advanced problem.
- Record
CVE-2018-20859- CVSS 3.1
- 6.1 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/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-2018-20859 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.1) in Edx Edx-platform, published July 30, 2019. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.20%, the 68th percentile. No source names a fixed version.