CVE-2018-9130
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 · uneditedIBOS 4.4.3 has XSS via a company full name.
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 · moderate confidenceIBOS 4.4.3 contains a stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability where malicious JavaScript code can be injected through the 'company full name' field. When other users view this data, the injected script executes in their browser context, potentially allowing session hijacking, credential theft, or defacement.
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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= 4.4.3CVSS 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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Identify the installed IBOS versionLocate the version information in the IBOS installation, typically found in the admin dashboard under 'System' or 'About' section, or check version.php/VERSION file in the application root directoryAffected if The installed version is exactly 4.4.3 or falls within the affected range (though only 4.4.3 is explicitly listed)
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Locate the company full name fieldAccess the IBOS admin panel and navigate to the 'Company' or 'Organization' settings section where the company full name field is configuredAffected if The company full name field exists and is accessible in the administrative interface
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Verify if the field accepts and stores unsanitized inputAttempt to insert a test XSS payload such as <script>alert('XSS')</script> or <img src=x onerror=alert('XSS')> into the company full name field and save the configurationAffected if The payload is saved and rendered without encoding or sanitization when the field is displayed to other users
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Confirm XSS execution in user contextLog in as a different user (non-admin) and navigate to any page that displays the company full name data, such as the company profile or dashboardAffected if The injected JavaScript executes in the browser of the viewing user, indicating the stored XSS vulnerability is present
A user is affected if they are running IBOS version 4.4.3, have access to the company full name field, and the field allows storing and rendering unsanitized HTML/JavaScript that executes when viewed by other users.
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 for the company full name field. Apply context-specific HTML escaping when rendering the field and consider deploying a Content Security Policy (CSP) to mitigate XSS execution.
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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.
- 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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