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CVE-2018-12973

MEDIUM

CVE-2018-12973 is a medium-severity (CVSS 6.1) Cross-site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in net.opentsdb:opentsdb. O3 Security confirms whether CVE-2018-12973 is actually reachable in your code before you act, and blocks exploitation at runtime until you patch.

OpenTSDB Cross-site Scripting vulnerability

Also known asGHSA-r68m-wq3x-2hqw
Published
Jun 29, 2018
Updated
Jul 8, 2026
Affected
1 pkg
Patched
None yet
Exploits
None indexed

Blast Radius

1 pkg affected
net.opentsdb:opentsdb

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Description

An issue was discovered in OpenTSDB 2.3.0. There is XSS in parameter 'json' to the /q URI.

Affected Packages

1 total
EcosystemPackageVulnerable rangeFix
Mavennet.opentsdb:opentsdball versionsNo fix

Detection & mitigation playbook

Open-source dependency
  1. Detect

    Scan your dependency tree (package-lock.json, pnpm-lock.yaml, requirements.txt, go.sum, etc.) for net.opentsdb:opentsdb. O3's reachability analysis confirms whether the vulnerable code path is actually invoked in your application, so you act on real exposure instead of every transitive match.

  2. Remediation status

    No patched version of net.opentsdb:opentsdb has shipped for CVE-2018-12973 yet. Where your build allows, override or pin the dependency away from the vulnerable range, and apply any maintainer-recommended mitigation.

  3. Mitigate without a patch

    If you can't upgrade right away: gate or disable the affected feature, validate untrusted input at the boundary, and avoid passing attacker-controlled data into the vulnerable path. O3's runtime protection blocks exploitation in production as an interim safeguard until the upgrade lands.

  4. How O3 protects you

    O3 pinpoints whether CVE-2018-12973 is reachable in your code and exactly where to fix it, then blocks exploitation in production at runtime until the patched version is deployed.

Tailored to CVE-2018-12973. Runtime protection reduces exposure until a permanent patch is applied and verified — it complements patching, it doesn't replace it.

Frequently Asked Questions

An issue was discovered in OpenTSDB 2.3.0. There is XSS in parameter 'json' to the /q URI.
O3 Security · Impact-Aware SCA

Is CVE-2018-12973 in your dependencies?

O3 detects CVE-2018-12973 across Maven dependencies and uses function-level reachability to confirm whether the vulnerable code path is actually reachable — not just present. No false positives.