CVE-2018-7198

MEDIUM

October CMS < 1.0.431 - Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Add Posts Page

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2018-7198. PoCs published by Samrat Das.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This is a writeup describing a stored XSS vulnerability in October CMS, where malicious HTML can be injected and executed without proper input validation. The PoC outlines steps to exploit this by injecting a fake login form to exfiltrate credentials.

Description

October CMS through 1.0.431 allows XSS by entering HTML on the Add Posts page.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WRITEUP
by Samrat Das · textwebappsphp
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44144

This is a writeup describing a stored XSS vulnerability in October CMS, where malicious HTML can be injected and executed without proper input validation. The PoC outlines steps to exploit this by injecting a fake login form to exfiltrate credentials.

Classification
Writeup 80%
Attack Type
Xss
Complexity
Trivial
Reliability
Reliable
Target: October CMS (all versions up to 1.0.431)
Auth required
Prerequisites: Access to the October CMS post creation/edit functionality
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 16, 2026 Full analysis →

References (2)

Core 2
Core References
Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry exploit x_refsource_exploit-db
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44144/

Scores

CVSS v3 6.1
EPSS 0.0109
EPSS Percentile 78.4%
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)
octobercms/october < 1.0.431
rainlab/blog-plugin 0 - 1.4.1Packagist
Published Feb 18, 2018
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026