CVE-2018-5688

FAUCET Score

CVE-2018-5688 describes a Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in ILIAS versions prior to 5.2.4, specifically within the setup component. This medium-severity vulnerability (CVSS 6.1) can be exploited remotely with low attack complexity, requiring user interaction, and could lead to limited impact on confidentiality and integrity. While not listed in CISA's KEV catalog or showing active exploitation, a public exploit (EDB-43595) exists, though there is minimal community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

Vendor	Product	Version(s)	CPE
		< 5.2.4CPE matchmatch criteria	cpe:2.3:a:ilias:ilias::::::::

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

3.28%

Probability of exploitation in next 30 days

EPSS Percentile

87.1%

Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group

As of 2026-07-24

Model: v2026.06.15

ExploitDB: EDB-43595 · Jan 15, 2018

This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0328 is in the 94th 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

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (1)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference

View patch

References

github.com / ILIAS-eLearning/ILIAS/commit/c0f326d05231072e33679b84835c03d5043255cb

Patch

exploit-db.com / exploits/43595

ExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

ilias.de / docu/goto_docu_pg_75029_35.html

Release Notes