VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2018-13065
ModSecurity 3.0.0 has XSS via an onerror attribute of an IMG element.
MEDIUM 6.1EPSS 1.35%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (1.35%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
ModSecurity 3.0.0 has XSS via an onerror attribute of an IMG element. NOTE: a third party has disputed this issue because it may only apply to environments without a Core Rule Set configured
- CVSS 3.0
- 6.1 MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
- EPSS
- 1.35% probability · 71th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-79
- Affected
- owasp/modsecurity
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 1.4% since 27 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- https://github.com/SpiderLabs/ModSecurity/issues/1829Third Party Advisory
- https://hackings8n.blogspot.com/2018/07/cve-2018-13065-modsecurity-300-has-xss.htmlThird Party Advisory
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44970/Broken Link
- https://github.com/SpiderLabs/ModSecurity/issues/1829Third Party Advisory
- https://hackings8n.blogspot.com/2018/07/cve-2018-13065-modsecurity-300-has-xss.htmlThird Party Advisory
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44970/Broken Link
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.