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Vulnerability details: VCID-xrv1-v87w-ubfv
Vulnerability ID VCID-xrv1-v87w-ubfv
Aliases CVE-2018-20465
GHSA-j7fx-v37j-v3w7
Summary Missing Encryption of Sensitive Data Craft CMS allows remote authenticated administrators to read sensitive information via server-side template injection which causes a cleartext username and password to be displayed in a URI field.
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 8.0
Risk 4.0
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (4)
CWE-1035 OWASP Top Ten 2017 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities
CWE-311 Missing Encryption of Sensitive Data
CWE-937 OWASP Top Ten 2013 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities
CWE-1336 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements Used in a Template Engine
System Score Found at
epss 0.00664 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-20465
cvssv3.1 7.2 https://github.com/craftcms/cms
generic_textual HIGH https://github.com/craftcms/cms
cvssv3.1 7.2 https://github.com/craftcms/cms/blob/master/CHANGELOG-v3.md
generic_textual HIGH https://github.com/craftcms/cms/blob/master/CHANGELOG-v3.md
cvssv3.1 7.2 https://github.com/phuctam/Server-Side-Template-Injection-in-CraftCMS-/issues/1
generic_textual HIGH https://github.com/phuctam/Server-Side-Template-Injection-in-CraftCMS-/issues/1
cvssv3.1 7.2 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-20465
generic_textual HIGH https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-20465
Reference id Reference type URL
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-20465
https://github.com/craftcms/cms
https://github.com/craftcms/cms/blob/master/CHANGELOG-v3.md
https://github.com/phuctam/Server-Side-Template-Injection-in-CraftCMS-/issues/1
CVE-2018-20465 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-20465
No exploits are available.
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://github.com/craftcms/cms
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

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Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://github.com/craftcms/cms/blob/master/CHANGELOG-v3.md
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

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Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://github.com/phuctam/Server-Side-Template-Injection-in-CraftCMS-/issues/1
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

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Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-20465
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

network

adjacent_network

local

physical

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Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.71537
EPSS Score 0.00664
Published At May 30, 2026, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2026-05-30T20:54:38.868314+00:00 GitLab Importer Import https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/advisories-community/-/blob/main/packagist/craftcms/cms/CVE-2018-20465.yml 38.6.0