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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2018-5249

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Shaarli before 0.8.5 and 0.9.x before 0.9.3 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary code via the login form's username field (aka the login parameter to the ban_canLogin function in index.php).

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31 Oct 2026, 10:43 UTC · Revision 1

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CVE-2018-5249

core-osv · Original source

Published 5 Jan 2018, 20:29 UTC

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Shaarli before 0.8.5 and 0.9.x before 0.9.3 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary code via the login form's username field (aka the login parameter to the ban_canLogin function in index.php).

osv:CVE-2018-5249
Complete source record
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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-5249",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
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    "title": "CVE-2018-5249",
    "summary": "Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Shaarli before 0.8.5 and 0.9.x before 0.9.3 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary code via the login form's username field (aka the login parameter to the ban_canLogin function in index.php).",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2018-5249",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "medium",
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          "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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            {
              "repo": "https://github.com/shaarli/shaarli",
              "type": "GIT",
              "events": [
                {
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                {
                  "fixed": "9cd0df4d07599e8f0406c5cd867ebd01edc03846"
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          ],
          "versions": [
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            "v0.9.1",
            "v0.9.0",
            "v0.7.0",
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            "v0.8.2",
            "v0.8.0",
            "v0.6.5",
            "v0.6.4",
            "v0.6.3",
            "v0.6.2",
            "v0.6.1",
            "v0.5.4",
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            "0.5.3",
            "v0.5.2",
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            "v0.0.45beta",
            "v0.0.44beta",
            "v0.0.43beta",
            "v0.0.42beta",
            "v0.0.41beta",
            "v0.0.40beta"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
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          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-20T10:51:29.040587492Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://github.com/shaarli/Shaarli/pull/1046",
        "https://github.com/shaarli/Shaarli/releases/tag/v0.8.5",
        "https://github.com/shaarli/Shaarli/releases/tag/v0.9.3"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {}
    },
    "related_cves": [
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        "value": "CVE-2018-5249",
        "evidence": "/id"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 382562,
  "published_at": "2018-01-05T20:29:00.22+00:00"
}