Medium severity6.1OSV Advisory· Published Jan 5, 2018· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2018-5249

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Shaarli before 0.8.5 and 0.9.x before 0.9.3 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary code via the login form's username field (aka the login parameter to the ban_canLogin function in index.php).

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Affected products

Shaarli/ShaarliOSV2 versions
0.5.3, v0.0.40beta, v0.0.41beta, …+ 1 more
- (no CPE)range: 0.5.3, v0.0.40beta, v0.0.41beta, …
- (no CPE)range: >= 0.8.0, < 0.8.5 || >= 0.9.0, < 0.9.3

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References

github.com/shaarli/Shaarli/pull/1046nvdRelease NotesThird Party Advisory
github.com/shaarli/Shaarli/releases/tag/v0.8.5nvdThird Party Advisory
github.com/shaarli/Shaarli/releases/tag/v0.9.3nvdRelease NotesThird Party Advisory

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