CVE-2018-13983 — ImpressCMS 1

ImpressCMS 1.3.10 has XSS via the PATH_INFO to htdocs/install/index.php, htdocs/install/page_langselect.php, or htdocs/install/page_modcheck.php.

01What is this vulnerability?

ImpressCMS 1.3.10 has XSS via the PATH_INFO to htdocs/install/index.php, htdocs/install/page_langselect.php, or htdocs/install/page_modcheck.php.

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
n	a / n/a	n/a

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

• Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
• Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
• Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

• Published: 2019-05-06T18:20:01.000Z
• Last modified: 2024-08-05T09:21:40.856Z

09References

• packetstormsecurity.com — http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/150990/ImpressCMS-1.3.10-Cross-Site-Scripti…
• seclists.org — http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Jan/8
• www.netsparker.com — https://www.netsparker.com/web-applications-advisories/ns-18-033-cross-site-scri…