UBUNTU-CVE-2018-5950

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2018-5950

    Published: 23 Jan 2018Last Modified: 4 Feb 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2018-5950
    Aliases:
    USN-3563-1

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-5950, https://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/msg70375.html, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3563-1, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-5950

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: mailman

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/mailman@1:2.1.16-2ubuntu0.5?arch=source&distro=trusty

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -1:2.1.16-2ubuntu0.5

    Affected versions

    1:2.1.16~rc2-1
    1:2.1.16-1
    1:2.1.16-2
    1:2.1.16-2ubuntu0.1
    1:2.1.16-2ubuntu0.2
    1:2.1.16-2ubuntu0.3

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High