CVE-2018-20858
unknown
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
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Description
Recommender before 2018-07-18 allows XSS.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
30%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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Package impact
| Ecosystem | Package | Vulnerable | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| PyPI | recommender-xblock | <1.3.1 | 1.3.1 |
References
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-20858
- https://github.com/edx/RecommenderXBlock/pull/2
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-3j5x-7ccf-ppgm
- https://github.com/openedx/RecommenderXBlock
- https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/recommender-xblock/PYSEC-2019-219.yaml
- https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/openedx-announce/SF8Sn6MuUTg
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.