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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2018-18478

Persistent Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) issues in LibreNMS before 1.44 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the dashboard_name parameter in the /ajax_form.php resource, related to html/includes/forms/add-dashboard.inc.php, html/includes/forms/delete-dashboard.inc.php, and html/includes/forms/edit-dashboard.inc.php.

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31 Oct 2026, 10:28 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

CVE-2018-18478

core-osv · Original source

Published 18 Oct 2018, 17:29 UTC

Persistent Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) issues in LibreNMS before 1.44 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the dashboard_name parameter in the /ajax_form.php resource, related to html/includes/forms/add-dashboard.inc.php, html/includes/forms/delete-dashboard.inc.php, and html/includes/forms/edit-dashboard.inc.php.

osv:CVE-2018-18478
Complete source record
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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-18478",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2018-18478",
    "summary": "Persistent Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) issues in LibreNMS before 1.44 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the dashboard_name parameter in the /ajax_form.php resource, related to html/includes/forms/add-dashboard.inc.php, html/includes/forms/delete-dashboard.inc.php, and html/includes/forms/edit-dashboard.inc.php.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2018-18478",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "medium",
    "structured": {
      "id": "CVE-2018-18478",
      "aliases": [
        "CVE-2018-18478",
        "GHSA-9m82-f3wx-p625"
      ],
      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N"
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      "affected": [
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              "type": "GIT",
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                {
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                {
                  "fixed": "f049593c7b1723d050a0124a9e877cb97ca0ca6d"
                }
              ],
              "database_specific": {
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                    "source": "CPE_RANGE"
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                    "original_tag": "1.44"
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              }
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          ],
          "versions": [
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          ],
          "database_specific": {
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          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-20T10:50:22.840862903Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://github.com/librenms/librenms/pull/9171",
        "https://github.com/librenms/librenms/releases/tag/1.44",
        "https://github.com/librenms/librenms/issues/9170",
        "https://hackpuntes.com/cve-2018-18478-libre-nms-1-43-cross-site-scripting-persistente/"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {}
    },
    "related_cves": [
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    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 381634,
  "published_at": "2018-10-18T17:29:00.287+00:00"
}