CVE-2018-16407
Moderate severity vulnerability that affects mayan-edms
An issue was discovered in Mayan EDMS before 3.0.3. The Tags app has XSS because tag label values are mishandled.
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
6.1
An issue was discovered in Mayan EDMS before 3.0.3. The Tags app has XSS because tag label values are mishandled.
- Record
CVE-2018-16407- CVSS 3.0
- 6.1 Medium
CVSS:3.0/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
An issue was discovered in Mayan EDMS before 3.0.3. The Tags app has XSS because tag label values are mishandled.
- Record
CVE-2018-16407- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2018-0093 No score
An issue was discovered in Mayan EDMS before 3.0.3. The Tags app has XSS because tag label values are mishandled.
- Record
EUVD-2018-0093- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-5h6m-9mvx-m6c5
5.1
Moderate severity vulnerability that affects mayan-edms
An issue was discovered in Mayan EDMS before 3.0.3. The Tags app has XSS because tag label values are mishandled.
- Record
GHSA-5h6m-9mvx-m6c5- CVSS 4.0
- 5.1 Medium
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N - CVSS 3.0
- 6.1 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV
6.1
An issue was discovered in Mayan EDMS before 3.0.3. The Tags app has XSS because tag label values are mishandled.
- Record
CVE-2018-16407- CVSS 3.0
- 6.1 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVGHSA-5h6m-9mvx-m6c5
5.1
Moderate severity vulnerability that affects mayan-edms
An issue was discovered in Mayan EDMS before 3.0.3. The Tags app has XSS because tag label values are mishandled.
- Record
GHSA-5h6m-9mvx-m6c5- CVSS 4.0
- 5.1 Medium
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N - CVSS 3.0
- 6.1 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVPYSEC-2018-15 No score
An issue was discovered in Mayan EDMS before 3.0.3. The Tags app has XSS because tag label values are mishandled.
- Record
PYSEC-2018-15- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Affected packages
| Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|
mayan-edmsPyPI |
before 3.0.3 | 3.0.3 |
mayan-edmsPyPI |
before 3.0.3, plus listed versions 1.0.01.0.rc11.0.rc21.0.rc31.1.0 Show 40 moreShow less1.1.12.0.02.0.0b12.0.0b22.0.0rc12.0.12.0.22.12.1.12.1.102.1.112.1.22.1.32.1.42.1.52.1.62.1rc12.1rc22.22.2b12.2b22.2b32.2rc12.32.42.52.5.12.5.22.62.6.12.6.22.6.32.6.42.72.7.12.7.22.7.33.03.0.13.0.2 |
3.0.3 |
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-2018-16407 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.1) in Mayan-edms Mayan Edms, published September 3, 2018. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.22%, the 68th percentile. Fixed in mayan-edms 3.0.3.
References
gitlab.com/mayan-edms/mayan-edms/commit/076468a9225e4630a463c0bbceb8e5b805fe380c
gitlab.com/mayan-edms/mayan-edms/issues/496
gitlab.com/mayan-edms/mayan-edms/blob/master/HISTORY.rst
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-16407
github.com/advisories/GHSA-5h6m-9mvx-m6c5
github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/mayan-edms/PYSEC-2018-15.yaml
gitlab.com/mayan-edms/mayan-edms