Mailman up to 2.1.26 cross site scripting

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Mailman up to 2.1.26. It has been classified as problematic. This issue affects some unknown processing. The manipulation leads to cross site scripting. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2018-0618. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. No exploit is available. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Mailman up to 2.1.26 and classified as problematic. This issue affects an unknown code block. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. 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. The summary by CVE is:

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.

The bug was discovered 06/28/2018. The weakness was published 07/26/2018 by Salvatore Bonaccorso (Website). The advisory is shared at mail.python.org. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2018-0618 since 11/26/2017. The attack may be initiated remotely. The requirement for exploitation is a simple authentication. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1059.007 for this issue.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 110691 (FreeBSD : mailman -- hardening against malicious listowners injecting evil HTML scripts (739948e3-78bf-11e8-b23c-080027ac955c)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family FreeBSD Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 171791 (SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for mailman (SUSE-SU-2018:4296-1)).

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published before and not just after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (110691) and SecurityFocus (BID 104594†). Similar entries are available at VDB-74796, VDB-91047, VDB-112363 and VDB-121382. Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

Productinfo

Name

• Mailman

Version

• 2.1.0
• 2.1.1
• 2.1.2
• 2.1.3
• 2.1.4
• 2.1.5
• 2.1.6
• 2.1.7
• 2.1.8
• 2.1.9
• 2.1.10
• 2.1.11
• 2.1.12
• 2.1.13
• 2.1.14
• 2.1.15
• 2.1.16
• 2.1.17
• 2.1.18
• 2.1.19
• 2.1.20
• 2.1.21
• 2.1.22
• 2.1.23
• 2.1.24
• 2.1.25
• 2.1.26

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 4.8
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 4.7

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VulDB Temp Score: 4.1
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Exploitinginfo

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

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Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 110691
Nessus Name: FreeBSD : mailman -- hardening against malicious listowners injecting evil HTML scripts (739948e3-78bf-11e8-b23c-080027ac955c)
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Timelineinfo

11/26/2017 🔍
06/25/2018 +210 days 🔍
06/26/2018 +1 days 🔍
06/28/2018 +2 days 🔍
07/03/2018 +5 days 🔍
07/26/2018 +22 days 🔍
07/26/2018 +0 days 🔍
07/27/2018 +1 days 🔍
04/27/2023 +1735 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: USN-4348-1
Researcher: Salvatore Bonaccorso
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2018-0618 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2018-0618
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-122225

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SecurityFocus: 104594 - GNU Mailman CVE-2018-5950 Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

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Entryinfo

Created: 07/27/2018 07:40
Updated: 04/27/2023 07:07
Changes: 07/27/2018 07:40 (71), 03/10/2020 15:12 (4), 04/27/2023 07:07 (4)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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