CVE-2018-11487
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 · uneditedPHPMyWind 5.5 has XSS via the cid parameter to newsshow.php, or the query string to news.php or about.php.
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 confidencePHPMyWind 5.5 is vulnerable to reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) attacks. The vulnerability exists in multiple PHP files (newsshow.php, news.php, and about.php) where user-supplied input from the cid parameter or query string is not properly sanitized or encoded before being rendered in the browser, allowing injection of malicious JavaScript code.
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= 5.5CVSS 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
- None
- User interaction
- Required
- Scope
- Changed
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- None
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/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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Locate PHPMyWind installationSearch the web server document root for PHPMyWind files (index.php, admin.php, or the phpmywind directory). Common paths include /var/www/html/, /wwwroot/, or C:\inetpub\wwwroot\Affected if PHPMyWind is not found on the system - not vulnerable
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Check installed versionOpen the version file or footer/admin footer to find the version number. Common locations: include/config.php, admin/version.php, or the meta tags in index.phpAffected if Version is exactly 5.5 - vulnerable. If version differs from 5.5, compare to affected range
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Verify vulnerable files existCheck for the presence of newsshow.php, news.php, and about.php in the web root or public directoryAffected if These PHP files are missing - not vulnerable in this specific vector
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Inspect cid parameter handlingOpen newsshow.php, news.php, and about.php and search for code handling the 'cid' parameter (e.g., $_GET['cid'] or $_REQUEST['cid']). Check if the value is output to HTML without sanitization functions like htmlspecialchars()Affected if The cid parameter is used and echoed directly to HTML without escaping - vulnerable
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Test for reflected XSSAccess the vulnerable pages with a test query string such as ?cid=%3Cscript%3Ealert(1)%3C/script%3E and observe if the script executes in the browserAffected if The script payload is reflected unescaped in the response - confirmed vulnerable
A user is affected if PHPMyWind version 5.5 is installed AND the vulnerable files (newsshow.php, news.php, about.php) exist AND the cid parameter is processed without output encoding.
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 proper input validation and output encoding/escaping for all user-supplied parameters across the affected PHP files to prevent script injection. Consider deploying a Content Security Policy (CSP) header as an additional defense-in-depth measure.
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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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ContributedPeer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2018-11487 in production — separate from our analysis above.
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.
- The version that genuinely resolved it — not the one the vendor claimed
- 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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