CVE-2018-3755
Cross-Site Scripting in sexstatic
XSS in sexstatic <=0.6.2 causes HTML injection in directory name(s) leads to Stored XSS when malicious file is embed with <iframe> element used in directory name.
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
XSS in sexstatic <=0.6.2 causes HTML injection in directory name(s) leads to Stored XSS when malicious file is embed with <iframe> element used in directory name.
- Record
CVE-2018-3755- 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
XSS in sexstatic <=0.6.2 causes HTML injection in directory name(s) leads to Stored XSS when malicious file is embed with <iframe> element used in directory name.
- Record
CVE-2018-3755- Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2018-0662 No score
XSS in sexstatic <=0.6.2 causes HTML injection in directory name(s) leads to Stored XSS when malicious file is embed with <iframe> element used in directory name.
- Record
EUVD-2018-0662- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-qfh2-6f7q-gr86
Cross-Site Scripting in sexstatic
All versions of sexstatic are vulnerable to stored cross-site scripting (xss). This is exploitable if an attacker can control a filename that is served by sexstatic.
Recommendation
As there is no fix is currently available for this vulnerability it is our recommendation to not install or used this module at this time.
- Record
GHSA-qfh2-6f7q-gr86- 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
OSVGHSA-qfh2-6f7q-gr86
Cross-Site Scripting in sexstatic
All versions of sexstatic are vulnerable to stored cross-site scripting (xss). This is exploitable if an attacker can control a filename that is served by sexstatic.
Recommendation
As there is no fix is currently available for this vulnerability it is our recommendation to not install or used this module at this time.
- Record
GHSA-qfh2-6f7q-gr86- 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
Affected products
Affected packages
| Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|
sexstaticnpm |
through 0.6.2 | None known |
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-2018-3755 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.1) in Hackerone Sexstatic, published June 1, 2018. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.92%, the 60th percentile. No source names a fixed version.