Medium
Security advisory
uploads/.htaccess in Subrion CMS 4.2.1 allows XSS because it does not block .html file uploads (but does block, for example, .htm file uploads).
- Products
- Not specified
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- Not specified
- CVEs
- CVE-2018-14840
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 31 Oct 2026, 10:03 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
uploads/.htaccess in Subrion CMS 4.2.1 allows XSS because it does not block .html file uploads (but does block, for example, .htm file uploads).
osv:CVE-2018-14840
Complete source record
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"published_at": "2018-08-02T01:29:03.107+00:00"
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