{"answers":{"affected":"It affects 1 product.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-16718 in the wild and no public exploit code.","fix":"No fix has been published for CVE-2018-16718 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.","what":"CVE-2018-16718 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in n/a, published on 2 May 2019. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link."},"fix_prompt":"Check this codebase for CVE-2018-16718 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2018-16718 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in n/a, published on 2 May 2019. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.\nExploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-16718 in the wild and no public exploit code.\n\nAffected product: n/a. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.\n\nTask:\n1. 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.\n2. 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.\n3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.\n4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.\n5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.\n\nReference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-16718/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-16718/index.md)","id":"CVE-2018-16718","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-16718/index.md","name":"CVE-2018-16718","record":{"aliases":["GHSA-2vm7-46v4-pr85"],"analysis":{"component_type":"library","fix_type":"upgrade","impacts":["code_execution"],"network_reachable":"yes","non_default_config":false,"product_category":"NCBI ToolBox","requires_auth":"none","summary":"Cross-site scripting vulnerability in NCBI ToolBox allows attackers to execute arbitrary scripts via a crafted argument.","user_interaction":"required","vuln_class":"xss"},"analysis_generated_by":"qwen3.8-flash-next","assigner":"mitre","cpe":[{"product":"ncbi_toolbox","vendor":"nih"}],"cvss":{"score":6.1,"severity":"medium","source":"nvd","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N","version":"3.0"},"cwes":[{"id":"CWE-79","name":"Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation"}],"description":"An XSS vulnerability exists in wwwblast.c in the 2.0.7 through 2.2.26 legacy versions of the NCBI ToolBox via a crafted -z1 argument.","ecosystems":[],"exploits":{"exploitdb":0,"first_seen":null,"github_poc":0,"max_poc_stars":null,"metasploit":0,"nuclei":0,"refs":[],"tier":"none_known"},"has_fix":null,"headline":"Cross-site scripting in n/a","id":"CVE-2018-16718","indexable":true,"kev":null,"kind":"cve","links":{"ecosystem":null,"product":null,"products":[],"type":"xss","year":"2018"},"n_packages":0,"n_references":1,"next":{"headline":"Denial of service in n/a","id":"CVE-2018-16719"},"packages":[],"prev":{"headline":"Memory corruption in n/a","id":"CVE-2018-16717"},"products":["n/a"],"published":"2019-05-02","related":[{"cvss_score":9.8,"headline":"Memory corruption in n/a","id":"CVE-2018-16717","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2019-05-02"},{"cvss_score":9.1,"headline":"Path traversal in n/a","id":"CVE-2018-16716","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2019-05-02"}],"sources":[{"class":"attribution","licence":"CVE Terms of Use (MITRE)","name":"CVE List","prefix":"CVE"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"US public information, NVD API terms","name":"NVD"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"CWE Terms of Use","name":"CWE (MITRE)"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"FIRST CVSS licence","name":"CVSS (FIRST)"}],"ssvc":{"automatable":null,"exploitation":null,"technical_impact":null},"state":"PUBLISHED","updated":"2024-08-05","vendors":["n/a"]},"summary":"Cross-site scripting vulnerability in NCBI ToolBox allows attackers to execute arbitrary scripts via a crafted argument.","url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-16718/"}