CVE-2018-5950

CVSS V2 Medium 4.3 CVSS V3 Medium 6.1
Description
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the web UI in Mailman before 2.1.26 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a user-options URL.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2018-5950
  • Assigner
  • cve@mitre.org
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Analyzed
  • Published Version
  • 2018-01-23T16:29:01
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2020-11-10T19:39:34
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-79 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/79.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:mailman:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 2.1.26
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:17.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_aus:7.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_aus:7.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_eus:7.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_eus:7.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_eus:7.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_tus:7.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_tus:7.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
  • Access Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Access Compatibility
  • MEDIUM
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • NONE
  • Integrity Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Availability Impact
  • NONE
  • Base Score
  • 4.3
  • Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 8.6
  • Impact Score
  • 2.9
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.1
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
  • Attack Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • NONE
  • User Interaction
  • REQUIRED
  • Scope
  • CHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • LOW
  • Availability Impact
  • NONE
  • Base Score
  • 6.1
  • Base Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 2.8
  • Impact Score
  • 2.7
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
https://www.mail-archive.com/mailman-users@python.org/msg70375.html Patch Third Party Advisory
https://bugs.launchpad.net/mailman/+bug/1747209 Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/02/msg00007.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4108 Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0505 Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0504 Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3563-1/ Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104594 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/159761/Mailman-2.1.23-Cross-Site-Scripting.html Exploit Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-5950
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-5950
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 16:20:21 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-03 01:25:39 2018-01-23T16:29Z 2018-01-23T16:29:01 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-03 01:25:39 2020-11-10T19:39:34 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-03 01:25:39 Analyzed Vulnerability Status updated