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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2018-16405

An issue was discovered in Mayan EDMS before 3.0.2. The Appearance app sets window.location directly, leading to XSS.

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CVE-2018-16405
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31 Oct 2026, 10:27 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

CVE-2018-16405

core-osv · Original source

Published 3 Sept 2018, 19:29 UTC

An issue was discovered in Mayan EDMS before 3.0.2. The Appearance app sets window.location directly, leading to XSS.

osv:CVE-2018-16405
Complete source record
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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-16405",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2018-16405",
    "summary": "An issue was discovered in Mayan EDMS before 3.0.2. The Appearance app sets window.location directly, leading to XSS.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2018-16405",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "medium",
    "structured": {
      "id": "CVE-2018-16405",
      "aliases": [
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        "GHSA-fpcv-j2q9-vqhw",
        "PYSEC-2018-106",
        "PYSEC-2018-16"
      ],
      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
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              "type": "GIT",
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                {
                  "introduced": "0"
                },
                {
                  "fixed": "682fab24e81e5b7822292cd1b447cd7011ce74c1"
                },
                {
                  "fixed": "9ebe80595afe4fdd1e2c74358d6a9421f4ce130e"
                }
              ],
              "database_specific": {
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                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:mayan-edms:mayan_edms:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
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                    "source": "REFERENCES_COMMIT"
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          ],
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          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-20T10:50:20.935674811Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://gitlab.com/mayan-edms/mayan-edms/blob/master/HISTORY.rst",
        "https://gitlab.com/mayan-edms/mayan-edms/commit/9ebe80595afe4fdd1e2c74358d6a9421f4ce130e",
        "https://gitlab.com/mayan-edms/mayan-edms/issues/494"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {}
    },
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        "value": "CVE-2018-16405",
        "evidence": "/id"
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    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 381582,
  "published_at": "2018-09-03T19:29:00.743+00:00"
}