CVE-2018-5233
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in system/src/Grav/Common/Twig/Twig.php in Grav CMS before 1.3.0 allows remote attackers to…
- 6.1MediumCVSS base score
- 3.7%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 10% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 1Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in system/src/Grav/Common/Twig/Twig.php in Grav CMS before 1.3.0 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the PATH_INFO to admin/tools.
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 for it.
Show the exploits1
Nuclei templates1 template
- Grav CMS <1.3.0 - Cross-Site Scripting (Nuclei template) (opens in a new tab)
http/cves/2018/CVE-2018-5233.yamlSeverity medium
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
- 2 months later
· 2 months 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)
- 3.7% · top 10% of all CVEs (9 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
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- Packagistgetgrav/gravGHSA-977g-93f5-rqjx (opens in a new tab)
References
2
- https://sysdream.com/news/lab/2018-03-15-cve-2018-5233-grav-cms-admin-plugin-reflected-cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerability/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20180315 [CVE-2018-5233] Grav CMS admin plugin Reflected Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_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-2022-3311 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-977g-93f5-rqjx (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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