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GSD-2018-18307

Vulnerability from gsd - Updated: 2023-12-13 01:22

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** DISPUTED ** 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."

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CVE-2018-18307

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CVE-2018-18307

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CVE-2018-18307 (GCVE-0-2018-18307)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2018-10-16 00:00 – Updated: 2025-08-29 15:03 Disputed

Summary

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."

Severity

No CVSS data available.

CWE

Assigner

mitre mitre root Scorecard

References

5 references

URL	Tags
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/149787/Alche…
https://github.com/AlchemyCMS/alchemy_cms/blob/4.…
https://github.com/AlchemyCMS/alchemy_cms/blob/4.…
https://github.com/AlchemyCMS/alchemy_cms/blob/4.…
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45601

Date Public

2018-10-14 00:00

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