{"id":"CVE-2018-7465","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2018-7465","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T21:16:50.850Z","title":"An XSS issue was discovered in VirtueMart before 3.2.14.","description":"An XSS issue was discovered in VirtueMart before 3.2.14. All the textareas in the backend of the plugin can be closed by simply adding </textarea> to the value and saving the product/config. By editing back the product/config, the editor's browser will execute everything after the </textarea>, leading to a possible XSS.","published":"2018-04-26T19:29:00.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T02:03:10.000Z","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":["virtuemart/virtuemart"],"epss":{"score":0.02243,"percentile":0.82765,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":1,"verified":false,"firstPublished":"2018-05-16","source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[{"edbId":44625,"kind":"exploit","title":"VirtueMart 3.1.14 - Persistent Cross-Site Scripting","url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44625","sourceUrl":"https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb/-/blob/main/exploits/php/webapps/44625.txt","file":"exploits/php/webapps/44625.txt","published":"2018-05-16","added":"2018-05-16","updated":"2018-05-16","author":"Mattia Furlani","type":"webapps","platform":"php","port":null,"verified":false,"codes":["CVE-2018-7465"],"tags":null,"aliases":null,"applicationUrl":null,"screenshotUrl":null,"referenceUrl":null}]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"A public exploit is published in Exploit-DB, so the technical barrier is gone even though the severity is medium and EPSS is 2.2%. Treat it as high on anything reachable from the internet."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://virtuemart.net/news/489-virtuemart-3-2-14-security-release-and-enhanced-invoice-handling","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://imgur.com/a/Hf6JD","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44625/","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://virtuemart.net/news/489-virtuemart-3-2-14-security-release-and-enhanced-invoice-handling","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://imgur.com/a/Hf6JD","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44625/","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-7465","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."}