Kodi up to 17.6 Persistent cross site scripting

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability labeled as problematic has been found in Kodi up to 17.6. Affected is an unknown function. Such manipulation leads to cross site scripting (Persistent). This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2018-8831. The attack may be performed from remote. In addition, an exploit is available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Kodi up to 17.6. Affected by this issue is an unknown part. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability (Persistent). Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-79. The product does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes user-controllable input before it is placed in output that is used as a web page that is served to other users. Impacted is integrity. CVE summarizes:

A Persistent XSS vulnerability exists in Kodi (formerly XBMC) through 17.6 that allows the execution of arbitrary HTML/script code in the context of the victim user's browser via a playlist.

The bug was discovered 04/18/2018. The weakness was presented 04/18/2018 as not defined mailinglist post (Full-Disclosure). The advisory is shared for download at seclists.org. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2018-8831 since 03/20/2018. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1059.007.

The exploit is available at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Exploit-DB (44487). Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.2
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.0

VulDB Base Score: 4.3
VulDB Temp Score: 3.9
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Exploitinginfo

Name: Persistent
Class: Cross site scripting / Persistent
CWE: CWE-79 / CWE-94 / CWE-74
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

Availability: 🔍
Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

03/20/2018 🔍
04/18/2018 +28 days 🔍
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04/19/2018 +1 days 🔍
03/02/2025 +2509 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: 17814
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2018-8831 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2018-8831
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-116588
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013

Entryinfo

Created: 04/19/2018 23:16
Updated: 03/02/2025 16:08
Changes: 04/19/2018 23:16 (56), 01/27/2020 20:13 (4), 02/28/2023 14:03 (4), 03/02/2025 16:08 (18)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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