# CVE-2018-16243: Cross-site scripting in n/a

> Persistent XSS vulnerabilities in SolarWinds DPA allow attackers to inject malicious scripts, potentially leading to session hijacking or code execution.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.4 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 15 Dec 2020
- **Updated:** 5 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-m4hr-5jvh-hpgq

## What is CVE-2018-16243?

CVE-2018-16243 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in n/a, published on 15 Dec 2020. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

SolarWinds Database Performance Analyzer (DPA) 11.1.468 and 12.0.3074 have several persistent XSS vulnerabilities, related to logViewer.iwc, centralManage.cen, userAdministration.iwc, database.iwc, alertManagement.iwc, eventAnnotations.iwc, and central.cen.

Weakness: CWE-79 (Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-16243?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Solarwinds Database Performance Analyzer.

## How do I fix CVE-2018-16243?

No fix has been published for CVE-2018-16243 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2018-16243 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-16243 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in n/a

- [CVE-2023-23837](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-23837/): No Exception Handling Vulnerability: Database Performance Analyzer (DPA) 2023.1 (high 7.5)
- [CVE-2022-38112](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-38112/): Sensitive Information Disclosure Vulnerability (high 7.5)
- [CVE-2021-35229](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-35229/): Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability using SQL Query (medium 6.8)
- [CVE-2023-23838](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-23838/): Directory traversal and file enumeration vulnerability: Database Performance Analyzer (DPA) 2023.1 (medium 6.5)
- [CVE-2023-33231](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-33231/): XSS in SolarWinds Database Performance Analyzer 2023.2 (medium 6.1)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2018-16243 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2018-16243 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in n/a, published on 15 Dec 2020. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-16243 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: n/a. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-16243/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-16243/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-16243
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-16243
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-16243

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-16243/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.