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CVE-2018-18307: Withdrawn Advisory: AlchemyCMS is vulnerable to stored XSS via the /admin/pictures image field

May 14, 2022 (updated August 29, 2025)

Withdrawn Advisory

This advisory has been withdrawn because it does not describe a vulnerability. The maintainer states the following:

The researcher used an authorized cookie to perform the request to a password-protected route. Without that session cookie, the request would have been rejected as unauthorized.

Original Description

A Stored XSS vulnerability has been discovered in version 4.1.0 of AlchemyCMS via the /admin/pictures image field.

References

  • github.com/AlchemyCMS/alchemy_cms
  • github.com/AlchemyCMS/alchemy_cms/blob/4.1-stable/app/controllers/alchemy/admin/base_controller.rb
  • github.com/AlchemyCMS/alchemy_cms/blob/4.1-stable/app/controllers/alchemy/admin/pictures_controller.rb
  • github.com/AlchemyCMS/alchemy_cms/blob/4.1-stable/app/controllers/alchemy/admin/resources_controller.rb
  • github.com/advisories/GHSA-7mj4-2984-955f
  • github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/alchemy_cms/CVE-2018-18307.yml
  • nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-18307
  • www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45601

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Affected versions

Version 4.1.0

Solution

Unfortunately, there is no solution available yet.

Impact 6.1 MEDIUM

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

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Weakness

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

Source file

gem/alchemy_cms/CVE-2018-18307.yml

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