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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2018-20242

A carefully crafted URL could trigger an XSS vulnerability on Apache JSPWiki, from versions up to 2.10.5, which could lead to session hijacking.

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CVE-2018-20242
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1 Nov 2026, 05:27 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

CVE-2018-20242

core-osv · Original source

Published 11 Feb 2019, 21:29 UTC

A carefully crafted URL could trigger an XSS vulnerability on Apache JSPWiki, from versions up to 2.10.5, which could lead to session hijacking.

osv:CVE-2018-20242
Complete source record
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  "id": "b724117a85087b32049db3865e601054d5ad8e230b4a696a09485479b970bdaf",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-20242",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
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    "title": "CVE-2018-20242",
    "summary": "A carefully crafted URL could trigger an XSS vulnerability on Apache JSPWiki, from versions up to 2.10.5, which could lead to session hijacking.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2018-20242",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "medium",
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        "GHSA-5q75-cxcq-wr26"
      ],
      "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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              "repo": "https://github.com/apache/jspwiki",
              "type": "GIT",
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              ],
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                      }
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          ],
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            "2.10.3-RC2",
            "2.10.3",
            "2.10.3-RC1"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2018-20242.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-24T10:30:28.939299377Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/8ee4644432c0a433c5c514a57d940cf6dcb0a0094acd97b36290f0b4%40%3Cuser.jspwiki.apache.org%3E",
        "https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/aac253cfc33c0429b528e2fcbe82d3a42d742083c528f58d192dfd16%40%3Ccommits.jspwiki.apache.org%3E",
        "https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/e42d6e93384d4a33e939989cd00ea2a06ccf1e7bb1e6bdd3bf5187c1%40%3Ccommits.jspwiki.apache.org%3E"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {}
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2018-20242",
        "evidence": "/id"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 432175,
  "published_at": "2019-02-11T21:29:00.287+00:00"
}