Security advisory
A reflected XSS issue was discovered in DAViCal through 1.1.8. It echoes the action parameter without encoding. If a user visits an attacker-supplied link, the attacker can view all data the attacked user can view, as well as perform all actions in the name of the user. If the user is an administrator, the attacker can for example add a new admin user to gain full access to the application.
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- Affected versions
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- Fixed versions
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- CVEs
- CVE-2019-18345
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
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- Updated in this feed
- 31 Oct 2026, 10:38 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
A reflected XSS issue was discovered in DAViCal through 1.1.8. It echoes the action parameter without encoding. If a user visits an attacker-supplied link, the attacker can view all data the attacked user can view, as well as perform all actions in the name of the user. If the user is an administrator, the attacker can for example add a new admin user to gain full access to the application.
osv:CVE-2019-18345
Complete source record
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