CVE-2018-9155
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Open-AudIT Professional 2.1.1 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a crafted name of a component, as demonstrated by the Admin->Logs section (with a logs?logs.type= URI) and the…
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 1.1%. Treat it as high on anything reachable from the internet.
Description
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Open-AudIT Professional 2.1.1 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a crafted name of a component, as demonstrated by the Admin->Logs section (with a logs?logs.type= URI) and the Manage->Attributes section (via the "Name (display)" field to the attributes/create URI).
- CVSS 3.0
- 5.4 MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
- EPSS
- 1.11% probability · 66th percentile
- Public exploits
- 1 in Exploit-DB · first 11 May 2018
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-79
- Affected
- open-audit/open-audit
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 1.1% since 27 October 2026; no change recorded yet. 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
- https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ZG1qiwpECbVnv92yNckDn7yyuluKoC2_ON-eLhAY97Q/edit?usp=sharingExploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44612/Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ZG1qiwpECbVnv92yNckDn7yyuluKoC2_ON-eLhAY97Q/edit?usp=sharingExploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44612/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.