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CVE-2018-8716

49
FAUCET Score

CVE-2018-8716 describes a Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in WSO2 Identity Server versions prior to 5.5.0, specifically impacting the dashboard. This medium-severity vulnerability (CVSS 5.4) allows low-privileged attackers to execute malicious scripts through user interaction, potentially leading to limited impact on confidentiality and integrity. While not observed in active exploitation (KEV: No) and lacking significant community discussion or media coverage, a public exploit (EDB-44531) exists, indicating its exploitability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 5.5.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:wso2:identity_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

5.4MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
LOW
Integrity Impact
LOW
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
2.3
Impact Score
2.7
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
39.33%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
98.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-44531 · Apr 24, 2018
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.3933 is in the 100th percentile among its peer group of 15,222 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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.

Media 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

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

packetstormsecurity.com / files/147330/WSO2-Identity-Server-5.3.0-Cross-Site-Scripting.html
ExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
seclists.org / fulldisclosure/2018/Apr/45
ExploitMailing ListThird Party Advisory
exploit-db.com / exploits/44531
ExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
sec-consult.com / en/blog/advisories/multiple-stored-xss-vulnerabilities-in-wso2-carbon-and-dashboard-server/index.html
ExploitThird Party Advisory
securityfocus.com / archive/1/541954/100/0/threaded
ExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry