{"cve":"CVE-2018-1000516","nvd":{"published":"2018-06-26T16:29:01.150","modified":"2026-06-17T01:32:49.330","status":"Modified","description":"The Galaxy Project Galaxy version v14.10 contains a CWE-79: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation vulnerability in Many templates used in the Galaxy server did not properly sanitize user's input, which would allow for cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks. In this form of attack, a malicious person can create a URL which, when opened by a Galaxy user or administrator, would allow the malicious user to execute arbitrary Javascript. that can result in Arbitrary JavaScript code execution. This attack appear to be exploitable via The victim must interact with component on page witch contains injected JavaScript code.. This vulnerability appears to have been fixed in v14.10.1, v15.01.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.0","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N","score":6.1},"cwes":["CWE-79"],"references":["https://galaxyproject.org/archive/dev-news-briefs/2015-01-13/#security","https://galaxyproject.org/archive/dev-news-briefs/2015-01-13/#security"],"products":["galaxyproject:galaxy"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T20:51:47.459859389+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2018-1000516","score":0.01051,"percentile":0.64297,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[{"id":"GHSA-qqr6-vm23-m488","url":"https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-qqr6-vm23-m488","summary":"Galaxy cross-site scripting (XSS)","modified":"2024-11-26T18:15:25Z","packages":[{"ecosystem":"PyPI","name":"galaxy-app","purl":"pkg:pypi/galaxy-app","ranges":["<14.10.1"],"fixed":["14.10.1"]},{"ecosystem":"PyPI","name":"galaxy-app","purl":"pkg:pypi/galaxy-app","ranges":[">=15.0 <15.01"],"fixed":["15.01"]}]},{"id":"PYSEC-2018-149","url":"https://osv.dev/vulnerability/PYSEC-2018-149","summary":"","modified":"2026-07-13T16:15:23.932937520Z","packages":[{"ecosystem":"PyPI","name":"galaxy-app","purl":"pkg:pypi/galaxy-app","ranges":["<14.10.1",">=15.0 <15.01"],"fixed":["14.10.1","15.01"]}]}],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}