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ubuntu-cve-2018-0618

Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu

Published

2018-07-26 17:29

Modified

2025-09-08 16:44

Summary

Details

Cross-site scripting vulnerability in Mailman 2.1.26 and earlier allows remote authenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via unspecified vectors.

Severity

5.4 (Medium)


                    
                      CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

N/A (UNKNOWN)

low

References

URL

Type

	https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-0618	REPORT
	https://mail.python.org/pipermail/mailman-announc…	REPORT
	https://launchpad.net/mailman/+milestone/2.1.27	REPORT
	https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/110691	REPORT
	https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4348-1	ADVISORY
	https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-0618	REPORT

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CVE-2018-0618 (GCVE-0-2018-0618)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2018-07-26 17:00 – Updated: 2024-08-05 03:28

Summary

Cross-site scripting vulnerability in Mailman 2.1.26 and earlier allows remote authenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via unspecified vectors.

Severity

No CVSS data available.

CWE

Cross-site scripting

Assigner

jpcert

References

6 references

URL	Tags
https://mail.python.org/pipermail/mailman-announc…	mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4246	vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018…	mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
http://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN00846677/index.html	third-party-advisoryx_refsource_JVN
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201904-10	vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4348-1/	vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
GNU Mailman	Mailman	Affected: 2.1.26 and earlier

Date Public

2018-06-22 00:00

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usn-4348-1

Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu

Published

2020-04-29 14:40

Modified

2026-02-10 04:41

Summary

mailman vulnerabilities

Details

It was discovered that Mailman incorrectly handled certain inputs. An attacker could possibly use this to issue execute arbitrary scripts or HTML. (CVE-2018-0618)

It was discovered that Mailman incorrectly handled certain inputs. An attacker could possibly use this issue to display arbitrary text on a web page. (CVE-2018-13796)

It was discovered that Mailman incorrectly handled certain files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2020-12137)

References

URL

Type

	https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4348-1	ADVISORY
	https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-0618	REPORT
	https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-13796	REPORT
	https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-12137	REPORT

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Sightings

Author	Source	Type	Date	Other

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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ubuntu-cve-2018-0618

Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu

CVE-2018-0618 (GCVE-0-2018-0618)

usn-4348-1

Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu

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