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CVE-2018-5249

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2018-5249 describes a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Shaarli versions prior to 0.8.5 and 0.9.x before 0.9.3, allowing remote attackers to inject arbitrary code through the login form's username field. This medium-severity vulnerability (CVSS 6.1) has a low attack complexity and requires user interaction, potentially leading to limited impact on confidentiality and integrity. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 0.8.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:shaarli_project:shaarli:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 0.9.0, < 0.9.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:shaarli_project:shaarli:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

6.1MEDIUM

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
LOW
Integrity Impact
LOW
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
2.7
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.50%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
71.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0150 is in the 84th percentile among its peer group of 26,209 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

github.com / shaarli/Shaarli/pull/1046
Release NotesThird Party Advisory
github.com / shaarli/Shaarli/releases/tag/v0.8.5
Third Party Advisory
github.com / shaarli/Shaarli/releases/tag/v0.9.3
Release NotesThird Party Advisory