CVE-2018-16453

Exploitation

Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.

SSVC decision

Not assessed by CISA

EPSS probability

0.68% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 49.7% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

6.1 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

NVD analysis status

Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.

Red Hat severity

No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

Published

2018-10-04 21:00Z7 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-05 10:24Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2018-09-03

Assigning CNA

mitre

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

• CWE-79Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')Base

Data version

5.1

Document digest

42b4854b2543ba7a6d9bce0f9411ce8110782854793c0a63010155cd7fdca42e

• googlequeens.comhttps://googlequeens.com/2018/09/04/cve-2018-16453-domain-lookup-script-3-0-5-stored-xss-via-search-by-whois/x_refsource_MISC