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CVE-2018-5950 (GCVE-0-2018-5950)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2018-01-23 16:00 – Updated: 2024-08-05 05:47
VLAI
Summary
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.
Severity
6.1 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
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Date Public
2018-01-20 00:00
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        ],
        "sourceIdentifier": "cve@mitre.org",
        "vulnStatus": "Modified",
        "weaknesses": [
          {
            "description": [
              {
                "lang": "en",
                "value": "CWE-79"
              }
            ],
            "source": "nvd@nist.gov",
            "type": "Primary"
          }
        ]
      }
    },
    "redhat_vex": {
      "aggregate_severity": "Moderate",
      "current_release_date": "2025-11-21T17:12:21+00:00",
      "cve": "CVE-2018-5950",
      "id": "CVE-2018-5950",
      "initial_release_date": "2018-01-20T00:00:00+00:00",
      "product_status:fixed": "51",
      "product_status:known_affected": "1",
      "product_status:known_not_affected": "2",
      "source": "Red Hat CSAF VEX",
      "status": "final",
      "title": "mailman: Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in web UI",
      "url": "https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2018/cve-2018-5950.json",
      "version": "3"
    }
  }
}



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Forecast uses a logistic model when the trend is rising, or an exponential decay model when the trend is falling. Fitted via linearized least squares.

Sightings

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Nomenclature

  • Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or observed by the user.
  • Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
  • Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
  • Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
  • Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
  • Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
  • Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
  • Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.


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