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CVE-2018-7663

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.1 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2018-03-05 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-79

Description

An issue was discovered in resources/views/layouts/app.blade.php in Voten.co before 2017-08-25. An unescaped template literal in the bio field of a user profile (resources/views/layouts/app.blade.php) allows for server-side template injection of arbitrary JavaScript.

Affected products

• Voten: before 2017-08-25 — fixed in 2017-08-25

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Voten 2017-08-25. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://github.com/spencerdodd/public-writeups/blob/master/CVE-2018-7663/README.md
• https://github.com/voten-co/voten/commit/ee6a322568166e28465da075159a6d4adbf74d53
• https://github.com/spencerdodd/public-writeups/blob/master/CVE-2018-7663/README.md
• https://github.com/voten-co/voten/commit/ee6a322568166e28465da075159a6d4adbf74d53

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