CVE-2018-16204 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Cross-site scripting vulnerability in Google XML Sitemaps Version 4.0.9 and earlier allows remote authenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via unspecified vectors.

Published: 2019-01-09

Score: 4.8 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

Arne Brachhold

Google XML Sitemaps

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`Version 4.0.9 and earlier`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:google_xml_sitemaps_project:google_xml_sitemaps:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2018-8056	Cross-site scripting vulnerability in Google XML Sitemaps Version 4.0.9 and earlier allows remote authenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via unspecified vectors.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required High

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication Single

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00678.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN27052429/index.html
https://wordpress.org/plugins/google-sitemap-generator/#developers

History

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Subscriptions

Google Xml Sitemaps Project Google Xml Sitemaps

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: jpcert

Published: 2019-01-09T22:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-05T10:17:38.395Z

Reserved: 2018-08-30T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2018-16204

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2019-01-09T23:29:05.090

Modified: 2026-06-17T01:43:53.273

Link: CVE-2018-16204

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-79
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

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