CVE-2018-5263 describes a Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the StackIdeas EasyDiscuss extension (com_easydiscuss) for Joomla! versions prior to 4.0.21. This medium-severity vulnerability (CVSS 5.4) requires user interaction and local privileges, allowing an attacker to inject malicious scripts, potentially leading to information disclosure or defacement. While not actively exploited in the wild (no KEV entry), public exploit code is available via ExploitDB, though there is minimal community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 4.0.21CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:stackideas:easydiscuss:*:*:*:*:*:joomla\!:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.