CVE-2018-8159

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

3.65% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 88.8% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

5.4 (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:U/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

2018-05-09 19:00Z8 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-05 06:46Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2018-03-14

Assigning CNA

microsoft

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

0ee090afb81216ff91d2e97712310d52c109c7b6c42cd0a401d755c46b5b08c5

• portal.msrc.microsoft.comhttps://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2018-8159x_refsource_CONFIRM
• www.securityfocus.com104056http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104056vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
• www.securitytracker.com1040850http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040850vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK