Medium severity · published Jan 23, 2018
CVE-2018-5950
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
6.1
CVSS
4.6%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
None
Scope
Changed
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)4.6% · higher than 92% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
DL
Debian Linux · Debian
7.0; 8.0; 9.0 · source: NVD
EL
Enterprise Linux Desktop · Redhat
6.0; 7.0 · source: NVD
EL
Enterprise Linux Server · Redhat
6.0; 7.0 · source: NVD
EL
Enterprise Linux Server Aus · Redhat
7.4; 7.6 · source: NVD
EL
Enterprise Linux Server Eus · Redhat
7.4; 7.5; 7.6 · source: NVD
EL
Enterprise Linux Server Tus · Redhat
7.4; 7.6 · source: NVD
EL
Enterprise Linux Workstation · Redhat
6.0; 7.0 · source: NVD
MA
Mailman · Gnu
before 2.1.26 · source: NVD
UL
Ubuntu Linux · Canonical
14.04; 16.04; 17.10 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-5950
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-5950
Exploit
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/159761/Mailman-2.1.23-Cross-Site-Scripting.html
Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104594
Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0504
Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0505
Issue Tracking
https://bugs.launchpad.net/mailman/+bug/1747209
Mailing List
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/02/msg00007.html
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