CVE-2018-10213
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedAn issue was discovered in Vaultize Enterprise File Sharing 17.05.31. There is XSS in invitation mail received from a different user, who can modify the HTML in that mail before sending it.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · high confidenceVaultize Enterprise File Sharing 17.05.31 is vulnerable to stored XSS in the invitation mail feature. Authenticated users can modify HTML content in invitation emails before sending them, allowing injection of malicious scripts that execute when other users view the mail.
Verify against the referenced sources before acting — the references below are authoritative for this CVE, this summary is not.
Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.
NVD · CPE data= 17.05.31CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges
- Low
- User interaction
- Required
- Scope
- Changed
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- None
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Identify Vaultize Enterprise File Sharing installationLocate the Vaultize application installation directory or check system services for Vaultize Enterprise File Sharing. Common paths may include /opt/vaultize, C:\Program Files\Vaultize, or check the application's web interface if hosted.Affected if Vaultize Enterprise File Sharing is installed on the system
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Verify the installed version matches 17.05.31Access the application's admin panel, About section, or check version files within the installation directory. Compare the version number to 17.05.31.Affected if The installed version is exactly 17.05.31
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Confirm invitation mail feature is accessibleLog into the application as an authenticated user and navigate to the invitation or email invitation feature. Check if the feature is enabled in admin settings or user permissions.Affected if The invitation mail feature is enabled and accessible to authenticated users
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Inspect stored invitation emails for malicious contentAccess the application's mail storage, database, or admin panel to view existing invitation emails. Check the HTML content of invitation messages for script tags, event handlers, or suspicious encoded content.Affected if Stored invitation emails contain unencoded HTML script tags or event handler attributes (onclick, onerror, onload, etc.)
A system is affected if Vaultize Enterprise File Sharing version 17.05.31 is installed and the invitation mail feature is enabled, as this version allows authenticated users to inject and store unsanitized HTML/JavaScript in invitation emails.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor dataImplement strict input validation and output encoding on invitation mail content, using HTML sanitization libraries to strip dangerous tags and attributes while preserving safe formatting.
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- Implementation4.0 h
- Testing2.0 h
- Review / QA1.0 h
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
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The advisory tells you what broke. It rarely tells you what actually worked. If you’ve dealt with this one, that detail is what the next engineer is searching for.
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- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
- A gotcha in the upgrade path that cost you an afternoon
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