CVE-2018-16405 mayan-edms Cross-site Scripting vulnerability

What is CVE-2018-16405?

CVE-2018-16405 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in n/a, published on 3 Sep 2018. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

An issue was discovered in Mayan EDMS before 3.0.2. The Appearance app sets window.location directly, leading to XSS.

Weakness: CWE-79

Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-16405?

6 open source packages ship an affected version, including mayan-edms and mayan-edms-ng. It affects 1 product.

Products include Mayan-Edms Mayan Edms.

How do I fix CVE-2018-16405?

Upgrade mayan-edms to 3.0.2 or later.

Escape output for the context it lands in and set a strict Content Security Policy. Upgrading the affected component is the real fix. More about Cross-site scripting.

Is CVE-2018-16405 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-16405 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in n/a

• CVE-2018-16406 Moderate severity vulnerability that affects mayan-edms Medium 6.1
• CVE-2018-16407 Moderate severity vulnerability that affects mayan-edms Medium 6.1
• CVE-2022-47419 Mayan EDMS Tag XSS Medium 5.4
• CVE-2025-14691 Mayan EDMS authentication cross site scripting Medium 5.3
• CVE-2025-14692 Mayan EDMS authentication redirect Medium 5.3

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as GHSA-fpcv-j2q9-vqhw, PYSEC-2018-106, PYSEC-2018-16.