CVE-2018-4300 (GCVE-0-2018-4300)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2019-04-03 17:54 – Updated: 2024-08-05 05:11
VLAI
Summary
The session cookie generated by the CUPS web interface was easy to guess on Linux, allowing unauthorized scripted access to the web interface when the web interface is enabled. This issue affected versions prior to v2.2.10.
Severity
5.9 (Medium)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CWE
  • A maliciously crafted web site or local HTML file might be able to collect sanitized job and printer status information without the knowledge of the user
Assigner
apple CNA under the mitre root
CNA scorecard E 37/100 over 664 records in the last 180 days details
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
n/a CUPS Affected: Versions prior to: v2.2.10
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