{"id":"CVE-2018-8831","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2018-8831","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T20:26:21.231Z","title":"A Persistent XSS vulnerability exists in Kodi (formerly XBMC) through 17.6 that allows the execution of arbitrary HTML/script code in the context of the victim user's browser via a playlist.","description":"A Persistent XSS vulnerability exists in Kodi (formerly XBMC) through 17.6 that allows the execution of arbitrary HTML/script code in the context of the victim user's browser via a playlist.","published":"2018-04-18T17:29:00.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T02:05:28.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"3.0","score":6.1,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N"},"cwe":["CWE-79"],"affected":["kodi/kodi"],"epss":{"score":0.52009,"percentile":0.98949,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[{"date":"2026-09-21","score":0.27208,"percentile":0.98011},{"date":"2026-09-22","score":0.52652,"percentile":0.98916}]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":1,"verified":false,"firstPublished":"2018-04-18","source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[{"edbId":44487,"kind":"exploit","title":"Kodi 17.6 - Persistent Cross-Site Scripting","url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44487","sourceUrl":"https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb/-/blob/main/exploits/multiple/webapps/44487.txt","file":"exploits/multiple/webapps/44487.txt","published":"2018-04-18","added":"2018-04-18","updated":"2018-04-18","author":"Manuel García Cárdenas","type":"webapps","platform":"multiple","port":null,"verified":false,"codes":["CVE-2018-8831"],"tags":"Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)","aliases":null,"applicationUrl":null,"screenshotUrl":null,"referenceUrl":null}]},"verdict":{"level":"urgent","text":"EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 52.0%, higher than 99% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window."},"changes":[{"kind":"epss","label":"EPSS jump","at":"2026-09-22T00:00:00.000Z","detail":{"to":0.52652,"from":0.27208,"percentile":0.98916},"summary":"EPSS moved from 27.2% to 52.7% probability of exploitation in the next thirty days."},{"kind":"epss","label":"EPSS jump","at":"2026-09-21T00:00:00.000Z","detail":{"to":0.27208,"from":0.52652,"percentile":0.98011},"summary":"EPSS moved from 52.7% to 27.2% probability of exploitation in the next thirty days."}],"references":[{"url":"http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2018/Apr/36","tags":["Exploit","Mailing List","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://trac.kodi.tv/ticket/17814","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44487/","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2018/Apr/36","tags":["Exploit","Mailing List","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://trac.kodi.tv/ticket/17814","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44487/","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-8831","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."}