{"id":"CVE-2018-5263","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2018-5263","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T20:08:13.143Z","title":"The StackIdeas EasyDiscuss (aka com_easydiscuss) extension before 4.0.21 for Joomla! allows XSS.","description":"The StackIdeas EasyDiscuss (aka com_easydiscuss) extension before 4.0.21 for Joomla! allows XSS.","published":"2018-01-08T23:29:00.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T01:59:56.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"3.0","score":5.4,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N"},"cwe":["CWE-79"],"affected":["stackideas/easydiscuss"],"epss":{"score":0.01581,"percentile":0.75386,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":1,"verified":true,"firstPublished":"2018-01-10","source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[{"edbId":43488,"kind":"exploit","title":"Joomla! Component Easydiscuss < 4.0.21 - Cross-Site Scripting","url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43488","sourceUrl":"https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb/-/blob/main/exploits/php/webapps/43488.txt","file":"exploits/php/webapps/43488.txt","published":"2018-01-10","added":"2018-01-10","updated":"2018-01-10","author":"Mattia Furlani","type":"webapps","platform":"php","port":null,"verified":true,"codes":["CVE-2018-5263"],"tags":null,"aliases":null,"applicationUrl":null,"screenshotUrl":null,"referenceUrl":null}]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"A public exploit is published in Exploit-DB (verified), so the technical barrier is gone even though the severity is medium and EPSS is 1.6%. Treat it as high on anything reachable from the internet."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://stackideas.com/blog/easydiscuss4021-update","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43488/","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://stackideas.com/blog/easydiscuss4021-update","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43488/","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-5263","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."}