Evolution CMS Cross-site Scripting (XSS)

MEDIUM 5.4CVE-2018-16638 · GHSA-9mfc-gr8c-xj4m · Published 28/12/2018 · updated 17/06/2026

In short

CVE-2018-16638 is a MEDIUM (CVSS 5.4) vulnerability affecting evolutioncms/evolution, evolution cms (modx).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 0.57%, higher than 47.5% of all vulnerabilities.
Fix: update to 1.4.6 or later.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
evolutioncms/evolution Packagist	`≥ 1.4.0, < 1.4.6`	`1.4.6`
evolution cms modx	`≥ 1.4.0, ≤ 1.4.7`	No fix yet

Evolution CMS 1.4.x prior to 1.4.6 allows XSS via the manager/ search parameter.

NVD description

Evolution CMS 1.4.x allows XSS via the manager/ search parameter.

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