CVE-2018-5689
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in admin/auth.php in Dotclear 2.12.1 allows remote...
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in admin/auth.php in Dotclear 2.12.1 allows remote authenticated users to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the malicious user's email.
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
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in admin/auth.php in Dotclear 2.12.1 allows remote authenticated users to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the malicious user's email.
- Record
CVE-2018-5689- 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
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in admin/auth.php in Dotclear 2.12.1 allows remote authenticated users to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the malicious user's email.
- Record
CVE-2018-5689- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2018-17458 No score
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in admin/auth.php in Dotclear 2.12.1 allows remote authenticated users to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the malicious user's email.
- Record
EUVD-2018-17458- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-h9m6-mg38-x77p
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in admin/auth.php in Dotclear 2.12.1 allows remote...
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in admin/auth.php in Dotclear 2.12.1 allows remote authenticated users to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the malicious user's email.
- Record
GHSA-h9m6-mg38-x77p- 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
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in admin/auth.php in Dotclear 2.12.1 allows remote authenticated users to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the malicious user's email.
- Record
CVE-2018-5689- 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
OSVUBUNTU-CVE-2018-5689
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in admin/auth.php in Dotclear 2.12.1 allows remote authenticated users to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the malicious user's email.
- Record
UBUNTU-CVE-2018-5689- 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
Affected packages
| Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|
dotclearUbuntu:16.04:LTS |
All versions, plus listed versions 2.7.5+dfsg-12.8.0+dfsg-12.8.0+dfsg-1ubuntu1 |
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-2018-5689 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.4) in Dotclear, published January 14, 2018. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.90%, the 59th percentile. No source names a fixed version.