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CVE-2018-5479

30
FAUCET Score

CVE-2018-5479 describes a Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in FoxSash ImgHosting version 1.5, specifically within its search engine via the 'search' parameter. This medium-severity vulnerability (CVSS 6.1) allows unauthenticated attackers to inject malicious scripts into a user's browser by tricking them into clicking a specially crafted URL. Successful exploitation could lead to session hijacking, enabling attackers to steal user or administrator credentials. While not actively exploited in the wild (KEV: No), public exploit code exists on ExploitDB, and there is minimal community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
1.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:foxsash:imghosting:1.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
2.07%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
79.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-43567 · Jan 15, 2018
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0207 is in the 90th 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

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

exploit-db.com / exploits/43567
ExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry