CVE-2018-18307 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

A Stored XSS vulnerability has been discovered in version 4.1.0 of AlchemyCMS via the /admin/pictures image field. NOTE: the vendor's position is that this is not a valid report: "The researcher used an authorized cookie to perform the request to a password-protected route. Without that session cookie, the request would have been rejected as unauthorized."

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00395.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Alchemy-cms	Alchemy Cms

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:alchemy-cms:alchemy_cms:4.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/149787/Alchemy-CMS-4.1-Stable-Cross-Site-Scripting.html
https://github.com/AlchemyCMS/alchemy_cms/blob/4.1-stable/app/controllers/alchemy/admin/base_controller.rb#L15
https://github.com/AlchemyCMS/alchemy_cms/blob/4.1-stable/app/controllers/alchemy/admin/pictures_controller.rb#L5
https://github.com/AlchemyCMS/alchemy_cms/blob/4.1-stable/app/controllers/alchemy/admin/resources_controller.rb#L21
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45601

History

Fri, 29 Aug 2025 15:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
References		https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45601

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2018-10-16T00:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2025-08-29T15:03:47.555Z

Reserved: 2018-10-14T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2018-18307

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2018-10-16T22:29:01.697

Modified: 2025-08-29T15:15:33.330

Link: CVE-2018-18307

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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