Medium

Codiad Cross-site Scripting Vulnerability

  • Disclosed: 24.05.2022
  • Updated: 11.10.2026 10:22

A Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability was found in Codiad v1.7.8 and later. The vulnerability occurs because of improper sanitization of the folder's name $path variable in components/filemanager/class.filemanager.php. NOTE: the vendor states "Codiad is no longer under active maintenance by core contributors."

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PlatformPackageVulnerable versionsFixed in
Composer package codiad/codiad >= 1.7.8, <= 2.8.4 no fix

References

CVSS score 6.1/10
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Weakness (CWE)
CWE-79
Platform
Composer
Package
codiad/codiad
Disclosed
24.05.2022
Updated
11.10.2026 10:22

Sources and licenses

OSV / GitHub Advisory Database - GHSA-g2x4-256v-5pvx - CC BY 4.0

Vulnerability history: codiad/codiad

All published vulnerabilities of this package (Composer package), newest first. Shows whether this is a one-off slip or a package that needs watching.

Total entries
8
First → latest
09.2021 02.2023
Without a fix
6
Exploited in attacks
0

Severity breakdown

  • Critical 3
  • High 4
  • Medium 1

Disclosures per year

  1. 2021: 1
  2. 2022: 6
  3. 2023: 1
  4. 2024: 0
  5. 2025: 0
  6. 2026: 0
  1. High · 7.5 CVE-2017-20178 < 2.8.1 2.8.1
  2. High · 7.5 CVE-2020-23355 <= 2.8.4 no fix
  3. Codiad Cross-site Scripting Vulnerability this entry
    Medium · 6.1 CVE-2020-14042 >= 1.7.8, <= 2.8.4 no fix
  4. High · 7.2 CVE-2020-14044 >= 1.7.8, <= 2.8.4 no fix
  5. High · 8.8 CVE-2020-14043 >= 1.7.8, <= 2.8.4 no fix
  6. Critical · 9.8 CVE-2017-11366 < 2.8.3 2.8.3
  7. Critical · 9.8 CVE-2018-14009 <= 2.8.4 no fix
  8. Critical · 9.8 CVE-2019-19208 <= 2.8.4 no fix

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