CVE-2018-18775
Microstrategy Web, version 7, does not sufficiently encode user-controlled inputs, resulting in a Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability via the Login.asp Msg parameter.
Does this matter?
A public exploit is published in Exploit-DB, so the technical barrier is gone even though the severity is medium and EPSS is 7.9%. Treat it as high on anything reachable from the internet.
Description
Microstrategy Web, version 7, does not sufficiently encode user-controlled inputs, resulting in a Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability via the Login.asp Msg parameter. NOTE: this is a deprecated product.
- 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
- 7.90% probability · 95th percentile
- Public exploits
- 1 in Exploit-DB · first 30 October 2018
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-79
- Affected
- microstrategy/microstrategy web
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 7.9% since 27 October 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
Public exploits (1)
Entries in Exploit-DB that cite this CVE. Links go to the Exploit-DB page and to the file in the public repository; nothing is hosted here. A verified tick means the Exploit-DB team confirmed the exploit works against the stated version.
References
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/150059/Microstrategy-Web-7-Cross-Site-Scripting-Traversal.htmlExploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45755/Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/150059/Microstrategy-Web-7-Cross-Site-Scripting-Traversal.htmlExploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45755/Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.