Stored Cross Site Scripting in Grails Fields Plugin

published 2018-06-26 8 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also GHSA-q25j-gcmv-5qpp , EUVD-2018-0655

cvss: 6.1; version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 1.1%; EPSS 1.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 66%
public exploits: 0; none known

Grails Fields plugin version 2.2.7 contains a Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Using the display tag that can result in XSS . This vulnerability appears to have been fixed in 2.2.8.

Patch / fix

fixed in 2

maven org.grails.plugins:fields 2.2.8
maven org.grails:grails-core 3.3.6

Exploit prediction

1.14% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 66% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

github.com https://github.com/grails-fields-plugin/grails-fields/issues/278 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
NVD	3.0	6.1	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
NVD	2.0	4.3	AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
GitHub	3.0	6.1	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Affected packages

ecosystem	package	affected	fixed in
maven	org.grails.plugins:fields	<2.2.8	2.2.8
maven	org.grails:grails-core	<3.3.6	3.3.6

Classification

Weakness

CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation

References

github.com /grails-fields-plugin/grails-fields/issues/278
web, exploit, third-party-advisory
github.com /martinfrancois/CVE-2018-1000529
web, third-party-advisory
nvd.nist.gov /vuln/detail/CVE-2018-1000529
advisory
github.com /advisories/GHSA-q25j-gcmv-5qpp
advisory
github.com /grails-fields-plugin/grails-fields
package

Sources

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Summary