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CVE-2018-18672

22
FAUCET Score

CVE-2018-18672 describes a Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in GNUBOARD5 version 5.3.1.9, specifically affecting the "board head contents" parameter within the adm/board_form_update.php component. This allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML. Rated Medium with a CVSS score of 6.1, the vulnerability requires user interaction (UI:R) but can be exploited over the network (AV:N) with low attack complexity (AC:L), potentially leading to limited confidentiality and integrity impacts. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
5.3.1.9CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:sir:gnuboard:5.3.1.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
1.52%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
72.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0152 is in the 84th percentile among its peer group of 26,236 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 / gnuboard/gnuboard5/commit/a45241f4bc46aee1ab2cc0749f6444b043681edf
PatchThird Party Advisory
github.com / gnuboard/gnuboard5/compare/15b2e73...2549172
PatchThird Party Advisory
github.com / gnuboard/gnuboard5/releases/tag/5.3.2.0
Release NotesThird Party Advisory