CVE-2018-18775
Microstrategy Web, version 7, does not sufficiently encode user-controlled inputs, resulting in a Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability…
- 6.1MediumCVSS base score
- 7.9%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 5.2% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 2Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
Microstrategy Web, version 7, does not sufficiently encode user-controlled inputs, resulting in a Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability via the Login.asp Msg parameter. NOTE: this is a deprecated product.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list a Nuclei template and an Exploit-DB entry for it. A reference of the record is tagged as an exploit.
Show the exploits3
Nuclei templates1 template
- Microstrategy Web 7 - Cross-Site Scripting (Nuclei template) (opens in a new tab)
http/cves/2018/CVE-2018-18775.yamlSeverity medium
Exploit-DB1 entry
- Microstrategy Web 7 - Cross-Site Scripting / Directory Traversal (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 45755webapps, jsppublished 30 Oct 2018Not verified
References tagged exploit1 reference
- 45755 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
Modules, templates and exploits as listed by the Metasploit Framework (BSD-3-Clause), ProjectDiscovery's Nuclei templates (MIT) and the Exploit Database (GPLv2), read once a day. Where the data comes from
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 4 days later
· 4 days later
Published
- 6 years later
· 6 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | Medium6.1 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 7.9% · top 5.2% of all CVEs (10 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.1.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
2
- 45755 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/150059/Microstrategy-Web-7-Cross-Site-Scripting-Traversal.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2018-10491 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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