CVE-2018-20165 describes a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in OpenText Portal version 7.4.4, specifically allowing remote attackers to inject malicious web script or HTML through the vgnextoid parameter in menuitem URIs. This medium-severity vulnerability (CVSS 6.1) can be exploited remotely with low attack complexity, requiring user interaction, and could lead to limited confidentiality and integrity impacts. Despite its potential, there is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code in Metasploit, Nuclei, or ExploitDB, and it has garnered no community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
7.4.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:opentext:opentext_portal:7.4.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.