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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2018-20242

A carefully crafted URL could trigger an XSS vulnerability on Apache JSPWiki, from versions up to 2.10.5, which could lead to session hijacking.

MEDIUM 6.1EPSS 5.36%

Does this matter?

Lower severity and a low EPSS score (5.36%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.

Description

A carefully crafted URL could trigger an XSS vulnerability on Apache JSPWiki, from versions up to 2.10.5, which could lead to session hijacking.

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
5.36% probability · 93th percentile
Public exploits
None in Exploit-DB
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-79
Affected
apache/jspwiki
Source
security@apache.org
EPSS trend
0%5%10%27 October 2026: 5.36%27 October 202627 October 2026

EPSS 5.4% 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.

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.