Moderate severityNVD Advisory· Published Oct 16, 2018· Updated Aug 29, 2025
CVE-2018-18307
CVE-2018-18307
Description
A Stored XSS vulnerability has been discovered in version 4.1.0 of AlchemyCMS via the /admin/pictures image field. NOTE: the vendor's position is that this is not a valid report: "The researcher used an authorized cookie to perform the request to a password-protected route. Without that session cookie, the request would have been rejected as unauthorized."
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Affected products
1- ghsa-coords
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
8- github.com/advisories/GHSA-7mj4-2984-955fghsaADVISORY
- nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-18307ghsaADVISORY
- packetstormsecurity.com/files/149787/Alchemy-CMS-4.1-Stable-Cross-Site-Scripting.htmlghsaWEB
- github.com/AlchemyCMS/alchemy_cms/blob/4.1-stable/app/controllers/alchemy/admin/base_controller.rbghsaWEB
- github.com/AlchemyCMS/alchemy_cms/blob/4.1-stable/app/controllers/alchemy/admin/pictures_controller.rbghsaWEB
- github.com/AlchemyCMS/alchemy_cms/blob/4.1-stable/app/controllers/alchemy/admin/resources_controller.rbghsaWEB
- github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/alchemy_cms/CVE-2018-18307.ymlghsaWEB
- www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45601ghsaWEB
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