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CVE-2018-14040

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.1 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 4.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2018-07-13 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-79

Description

In Bootstrap before 4.1.2, XSS is possible in the collapse data-parent attribute.

Affected products

• Debian Linux: 8.0
• Getbootstrap Bootstrap: before 3.4.0; from 4.0.0 before 4.1.2; 4.0.0-alpha, 4.0.0-alpha2, 4.0.0-alpha3, 4.0.0-alpha4, 4.0.0-alpha5, 4.0.0-alpha6 (+3) — fixed in 3.4.0, 4.1.2

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Getbootstrap Bootstrap 3.4.0, 4.1.2. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/152787/dotCMS-5.1.1-Vulnerable-Dependencies.html
• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/156743/OctoberCMS-Insecure-Dependencies.html
• http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/May/10
• http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/May/11
• http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/May/13
• https://blog.getbootstrap.com/2018/07/12/bootstrap-4-1-2/
• https://github.com/twbs/bootstrap/issues/26423
• https://github.com/twbs/bootstrap/issues/26625
• https://github.com/twbs/bootstrap/pull/26630
• https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/519eb0fd45642dcecd9ff74cb3e71c20a4753f7d82e2f07864b5108f%40%3Cdev.drill.apache.org%3E
• https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/52e0e6b5df827ee7f1e68f7cc3babe61af3b2160f5d74a85469b7b0e%40%3Cdev.superset.apache.org%3E
• https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/b0656d359c7d40ec9f39c8cc61bca66802ef9a2a12ee199f5b0c1442%40%3Cdev.drill.apache.org%3E

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