CVE-2018-8716
WSO2 Identity Server before 5.5.0 has XSS via the dashboard, allowing attacks by low-privileged attackers.
- 5.4MediumCVSS base score
- 38.1%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 1.4% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 1Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
WSO2 Identity Server before 5.5.0 has XSS via the dashboard, allowing attacks by low-privileged attackers.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list an Exploit-DB entry for it. A reference of the record is tagged as an exploit.
Show the exploits2
Exploit-DB1 entry
- WSO2 Carbon / WSO2 Dashboard Server 5.3.0 - Persistent Cross-Site Scripting (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 44531webapps, javapublished 24 Apr 2018Not verified
References tagged exploit1 reference
- 44531 (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
- 42 days later
· 42 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 | Medium5.4 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 38.1% · top 1.4% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.4.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
5
- https://www.sec-consult.com/en/blog/advisories/multiple-stored-xss-vulnerabilities-in-wso2-carbon-and-dashboard-server/index.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 20180424 SEC Consult SA-20180423-0 :: Multiple Stored XSS Vulnerabilities in WSO2 Carbon and Dashboard Server (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCx_transferred
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/147330/WSO2-Identity-Server-5.3.0-Cross-Site-Scripting.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 44531 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- 20180424 SEC Consult SA-20180423-0 :: Multiple Stored XSS Vulnerabilities in WSO2 Carbon and Dashboard Server (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_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-2018-20327 (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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[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-2018-8716)Record last updated .