CVE-2026-18197

MEDIUMNVD 6.16.1
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

“—” beside the score: it is equal to NVD's CVSS score.

Score 6.1 from GitHub Security Advisory published 2026-07-29. NVD baseline CVSS 6.1; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: EPSS, GitHub Security Advisory, NVD CVSS v3
6.1EG
EchelonGraph verdictMonitorRemediate within your standard update timelines (the SSVC decision on this page).
  • Lower severity and no public exploit yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0.3%CVSS: 6.1Exploit: None knownExposed services: Not assessed

No fix is confirmed yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for the fix.

The CVE record's CNA (Tenable Network Security, Inc.) lists Link Library versions before 7.9.4 as affected. No release containing a fix is confirmed on record.

Improper neutralization of input during web page generation ('cross-site scripting') vulnerability in Link Library allows Cross-Site Scripting (XSS).

This issue affects Link Library: before 7.9.4.

CVSS v3
6.1
EG Score
6.1MEDIUMmedium confidence
EG Risk
28
EG Risk 28/100

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).

How it’s computed (value × EchelonGraph’s weight)
Severity61% × 45%
The EG Score, 6.1 of 10.
Exploitation0.3% × 40%
FIRST EPSS: the 30-day exploitation probability when EchelonGraph scored this CVE.
Automatability0% × 15%
CISA's SSVC Automatable value: no (Vulnrichment).
SSVC (CISA's decision table, applied by EchelonGraph): Track at every mission impact level.
Exploitation none (CISA Vulnrichment) · Automatable no (CISA Vulnrichment) · Technical impact partial (CISA Vulnrichment). All three are CISA's SSVC values (Vulnrichment). EchelonGraph applied CISA's decision table to them; CISA publishes SSVC inputs and the table, not a decision for each CVE.
Action: No fix is confirmed yet. Restrict network exposure of the affected system or apply the vendor's mitigation within your standard update timelines, and watch the vendor's advisory for the fix.
EPSS PROB
0.3%
EPSS %ILE
18th
KEV
Not listed

SSVC (CISA's decision table, applied by EchelonGraph)Track at every mission impact level.

No fix is confirmed yet. Restrict network exposure of the affected system or apply the vendor's mitigation within your standard update timelines, and watch the vendor's advisory for the fix.

Exploitation none (CISA Vulnrichment) · Automatable no (CISA Vulnrichment) · Technical impact partial (CISA Vulnrichment). All three are CISA's SSVC values (Vulnrichment). EchelonGraph applied CISA's decision table to them; CISA publishes SSVC inputs and the table, not a decision for each CVE. Mission impact is CISA's Mission & Well-being decision point, and only you can judge it. CISA's table makes it high when Mission Prevalence is Essential — the vulnerable component "directly provides capabilities that constitute at least one MEF for at least one entity" (MEF: mission essential function) — or when Public Well-Being Impact is Irreversible: "multiple fatalities are likely", the cyber-physical system "is likely lost or destroyed", "extreme or serious externalities" are imposed on other parties, or social systems such as elections or the financial grid "are destabilized and potentially collapse". CISA's decision table

BOD 26-04 (CISA's remediation timeline, Table 1)60 days if the affected system is publicly exposed; Fix on system upgrade if it is not.

In CISA KEV no (CISA's KEV catalog) · Automatable no (CISA Vulnrichment) · Technical impact partial (CISA Vulnrichment). Whether your system is publicly exposed is yours to answer. BOD 26-04 binds US Federal Civilian Executive Branch agencies; for anyone else it is CISA's published timeline, a reference rather than an obligation. The directive · how EchelonGraph applies it

Published

July 29, 2026

Last Modified

August 19, 2026

Advisory Details (2)

Auto-updated Jul 29, 2026
No fix on record yet.
Web pageMentions a patch (unverified)

Link Library - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting - Research Advisory | Tenable®

https://tenable.com/security/research/tra-2026-52
Web page

Link Library – WordPress plugin | WordPress.org

https://wordpress.org/plugins/link-library/

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-18197(1)

These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.

Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 12× in last 7d / 55× in last 30d)

Each row is a time one of our pipelines fetched, updated or re-scored this CVE. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. An arrow marks a change the record states ("CVSS v3 → 9.1"); EPSS and GHSA rows show the values recorded at that time, not what changed (EPSS values are rounded; hover one for the exact figures). Most recent first.

Showing the most recent 100 of 185 refreshes on record for this CVE.

A repeat, a row identical to one the same pipeline wrote less than 10 seconds earlier, is not a separate refresh and is not counted. None are among the latest 100 rows. The 85 oldest rows on record are not shown and were not checked, so the counts can still include repeats.

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  14. 2026-10-07 00:03 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-c9gj-8f9h-hp8h · GitHub CVSS 6.1
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  19. 2026-10-04 07:05 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-c9gj-8f9h-hp8h · GitHub CVSS 6.1
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  22. 2026-10-02 17:58 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-c9gj-8f9h-hp8h · GitHub CVSS 6.1
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  25. 2026-10-01 03:38 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-c9gj-8f9h-hp8h · GitHub CVSS 6.1
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  22. 2026-09-18 08:04 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-c9gj-8f9h-hp8h · GitHub CVSS 6.1
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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-18197?
CVE-2026-18197 is a medium-severity vulnerability; its CVE record was published on July 29, 2026. Improper neutralization of input during web page generation ('cross-site scripting') vulnerability in Link Library allows Cross-Site Scripting (XSS). This issue affects Link Library: before 7.9.4.
When was CVE-2026-18197 made public?
CVE-2026-18197 was made public on July 29, 2026: that is the date its CVE record's CNA, Tenable Network Security, Inc., gives for when the vulnerability was made public. The CVE record itself was published on July 29, 2026. EchelonGraph's copy of the record carries a last-modified date of August 19, 2026; the record at its source may have been updated since.
Is CVE-2026-18197 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-18197 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days (18th percentile of EPSS-scored CVEs).
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-18197?
CVE-2026-18197 has a CVSS v3 base score of 6.1 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-18197?
No fix for CVE-2026-18197 is confirmed yet. Until one is published, restrict network exposure of the affected system or apply the vendor's mitigation — for example, keep it off the internet or limit it to trusted networks — and watch the vendor's advisory for the fix. The CVE record's CNA (Tenable Network Security, Inc.) lists Link Library versions before 7.9.4 as affected. No release containing a fix is confirmed on record. The vendor advisories EchelonGraph has for CVE-2026-18197 are linked in the Vendor Advisories panel on this page.

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