{"id":"CVE-2018-16249","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2018-16249","generatedAt":"2026-10-29T01:49:41.724Z","title":"In Symphony before 3.3.0, there is XSS in the Title under Post.","description":"In Symphony before 3.3.0, there is XSS in the Title under Post. The ID \"articleTitle\" of this is stored in the \"articleTitle\" JSON field, and executes a payload when accessing the /member/test/points URI, allowing remote attacks. Any Web script or HTML can be inserted by an admin-authenticated user via a crafted web site name.","published":"2019-06-20T14:15:11.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T01:43:58.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"3.0","score":4.8,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N"},"cwe":["CWE-79"],"affected":["b3log/symphony"],"epss":{"score":0.00524,"percentile":0.44246,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"low","text":"Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.52%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://github.com/b3log/symphony/issues/729","tags":["Exploit","Issue Tracking","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://github.com/b3log/symphony/issues/729","tags":["Exploit","Issue Tracking","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-16249","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}