CVE-2018-19414 — Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in Plikli CMS 4

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in Plikli CMS 4.0.0 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) keyword parameter to groups.php; (2) username parameter to login.php; or (3) date parameter to search.php.

01What is this vulnerability?

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in Plikli CMS 4.0.0 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) keyword parameter to groups.php; (2) username parameter to login.php; or (3) date parameter to search.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: 2019-01-03T19:00:00.000Z
• Last modified: 2024-08-05T11:37:11.462Z

09References

• seclists.org — http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2018/Dec/8
• www.netsparker.com — https://www.netsparker.com/web-applications-advisories/ns-18-030-cross-site-scri…
• packetstormsecurity.com — http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/150657/Plikli-4.0.0-Cross-Site-Scripting.ht…