CVE-2018-16459

MEDIUM

exceljs < 1.6 - Cross-Site Scripting via Cell Value

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2018-16459. PoCs published by bl4de.

Description

An unescaped payload in exceljs <v1.6 allows a possible XSS via cell value when worksheet is displayed in browser.

References (1)

Core 1
Core References
Exploit, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://hackerone.com/reports/356809

Scores

CVSS v3 6.1
EPSS 0.0017
EPSS Percentile 38.8%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Details

CWE
CWE-79
Status published
Products (2)
exceljs_project/exceljs < 1.6
npm/exceljs 0 - 1.6.0npm
Published Sep 06, 2018
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026