CVE-2018-8978
Open-AudIT Professional 2.1 has XSS via a crafted src attribute of an IMG element within a URI.
Open-AudIT Professional 2.1 has XSS via a crafted src attribute of an IMG element within a URI.
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
Open-AudIT Professional 2.1 has XSS via a crafted src attribute of an IMG element within a URI.
- Record
CVE-2018-8978- 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
Open-AudIT Professional 2.1 has XSS via a crafted src attribute of an IMG element within a URI.
- Record
CVE-2018-8978- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2018-20583 No score
Open-AudIT Professional 2.1 has XSS via a crafted src attribute of an IMG element within a URI.
- Record
EUVD-2018-20583- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-f537-ppj9-w286
Open-AudIT Professional 2.1 has XSS via a crafted src attribute of an IMG element within a URI.
Open-AudIT Professional 2.1 has XSS via a crafted src attribute of an IMG element within a URI.
- Record
GHSA-f537-ppj9-w286- 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
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-2018-8978 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.4) in Open-audit, published March 25, 2018. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.53%, the 44th percentile. No source names a fixed version.
