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CVE-2018-16405

mayan-edms Cross-site Scripting vulnerability

6.1 MediumFix available

An issue was discovered in Mayan EDMS before 3.0.2. The Appearance app sets window.location directly, leading to XSS.

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

1.35%Up 0.5 points since Apr 14, 2021
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

NVD Score used 6.1

An issue was discovered in Mayan EDMS before 3.0.2. The Appearance app sets window.location directly, leading to XSS.

Record
CVE-2018-16405
CVSS 3.0
6.1 MediumCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
CVSS 2.0
4.3 MediumAV: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 3.0.2. The Appearance app sets window.location directly, leading to XSS.

Record
CVE-2018-16405
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2018-0091 No score

An issue was discovered in Mayan EDMS before 3.0.2. The Appearance app sets window.location directly, leading to XSS.

Record
EUVD-2018-0091
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-fpcv-j2q9-vqhw 5.3

mayan-edms Cross-site Scripting vulnerability

An issue was discovered in Mayan EDMS before 3.0.2. The Appearance app sets window.location directly, leading to XSS.

Record
GHSA-fpcv-j2q9-vqhw
CVSS 4.0
5.3 MediumCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N
CVSS 3.0
6.1 MediumCVSS: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 3.0.2. The Appearance app sets window.location directly, leading to XSS.

Record
CVE-2018-16405
CVSS 3.0
6.1 MediumCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVGHSA-fpcv-j2q9-vqhw 5.3

mayan-edms Cross-site Scripting vulnerability

An issue was discovered in Mayan EDMS before 3.0.2. The Appearance app sets window.location directly, leading to XSS.

Record
GHSA-fpcv-j2q9-vqhw
CVSS 4.0
5.3 MediumCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N
CVSS 3.0
6.1 MediumCVSS: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-2018-106 No score

An issue was discovered in Mayan EDMS before 3.0.2. The Appearance app sets window.location directly, leading to XSS.

Record
PYSEC-2018-106
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVPYSEC-2018-16 No score

An issue was discovered in Mayan EDMS before 3.0.2. The Appearance app sets window.location directly, leading to XSS.

Record
PYSEC-2018-16
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

Affected packages

Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
mayan-edms
PyPI
 before 3.0.2
3.0.2
mayan-edms-ng
PyPI
 before 3.0.2
3.0.2
mayan-edms
PyPI
 before 3.0.2, plus listed versions
1.0.01.0.rc11.0.rc21.0.rc31.1.0
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1.1.12.0.02.0.0b12.0.0b22.0.0rc12.0.12.0.22.12.1.12.1.102.1.112.1.22.1.32.1.42.1.52.1.62.1rc12.1rc22.22.2b12.2b22.2b32.2rc12.32.42.52.5.12.5.22.62.6.12.6.22.6.32.6.42.72.7.12.7.22.7.33.03.0.1
3.0.2
mayan-edms-ng
PyPI
 before 3.0.2, plus listed versions
2.83.03.0.1
3.0.2

History

History
RecordedChangedSources
aliasesEUVD
first indexedCVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2018-16405 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 1.35%, the 71st percentile. Fixed in mayan-edms 3.0.2.

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