Cross-site scripting in Advantech WebAccess
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- Required
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Cross-site scripting
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- Low · Low · None
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-79.
Summary
Advantech WebAccess 8.3.2 and below is vulnerable to multiple reflected cross site scripting vulnerabilities. A remote unauthenticated attacker could potentially exploit this vulnerability by tricking a victim to supply malicious HTML or JavaScript code to WebAccess, which is then reflected back to the victim and executed by the web browser.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2018-15703
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-9qvr-7cx5-jpxc
References
More Advantech Webaccess vulnerabilities
- TI-2016-00768 Unrestricted file upload vulnerability in the uploadImageCommon function in the… CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2017-12289 Path traversal in Advantech WebAccess CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2016-00771 Multiple heap-based buffer overflows in Advantech WebAccess before 8.1 allow remote… CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2016-00770 Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in Advantech WebAccess before 8.1 allow remote… CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2018-11192 Out-of-bounds write in Advantech WebAccess CVSS 3.0HIGH 8.8
- TI-2021-16012 Stack-based buffer overflow in Advantech WebAccess CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
Sources
- CVE-2018-15703 · CVE Program
- CVE-2018-15703 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-9qvr-7cx5-jpxc · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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