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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2018-17184

A malicious user with enough administration entitlements can inject html-like elements containing JavaScript statements into Connector names, Report names, AnyTypeClass keys and Policy descriptions. When another user with enough administration entitlements edits one of the Entities above via Admin Console, the injected JavaScript code is executed.

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CVE-2018-17184
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1 Nov 2026, 04:48 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

CVE-2018-17184

core-osv · Original source

Published 6 Nov 2018, 19:29 UTC

A malicious user with enough administration entitlements can inject html-like elements containing JavaScript statements into Connector names, Report names, AnyTypeClass keys and Policy descriptions. When another user with enough administration entitlements edits one of the Entities above via Admin Console, the injected JavaScript code is executed.

osv:CVE-2018-17184
Complete source record
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  "id": "93c2a94c8c02f7e96696801c825df0eaca16fed54ba41dcd82c2296209c00687",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-17184",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2018-17184",
    "summary": "A malicious user with enough administration entitlements can inject html-like elements containing JavaScript statements into Connector names, Report names, AnyTypeClass keys and Policy descriptions. When another user with enough administration entitlements edits one of the Entities above via Admin Console, the injected JavaScript code is executed.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2018-17184",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "medium",
    "structured": {
      "id": "CVE-2018-17184",
      "aliases": [
        "CVE-2018-17184",
        "GHSA-9h9c-f287-c6vp"
      ],
      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "repo": "https://github.com/apache/syncope",
              "type": "GIT",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "973afc777d2f8093785875c62e808d97334fb2e3"
                },
                {
                  "fixed": "bb22b39ca3e770858e4162521d93a59f1cb7b70a"
                },
                {
                  "introduced": "49c2e53ba6baf1423a89b5ab9a24aa665a5780ad"
                },
                {
                  "fixed": "aa29d59ac7506942d72833e178ea9f7e0c81182b"
                }
              ],
              "database_specific": {
                "extracted_events": [
                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:apache:syncope:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "2.0.0"
                      },
                      {
                        "fixed": "2.0.11"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_RANGE"
                  },
                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:apache:syncope:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "2.1.0"
                      },
                      {
                        "fixed": "2.1.2"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_RANGE"
                  }
                ]
              }
            }
          ],
          "versions": [
            "syncope-2.0.10",
            "syncope-2.1.1",
            "syncope-2.1.0",
            "syncope-2.0.9",
            "syncope-2.0.8",
            "syncope-2.0.7",
            "syncope-2.0.6",
            "syncope-2.0.5",
            "syncope-2.0.4",
            "syncope-2.0.3",
            "syncope-2.0.2",
            "syncope-2.0.1",
            "syncope-2.0.0"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2018-17184.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-24T10:30:22.219918008Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://syncope.apache.org/security#CVE-2018-17184:_Stored_XSS"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {}
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2018-17184",
        "evidence": "/id"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 430625,
  "published_at": "2018-11-06T19:29:00.433+00:00"
}