CVE-2018-5950

Publication date 23 January 2018

Last updated 25 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

6.1 · Medium

Score breakdown

Description

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.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
mailman 17.10 artful
Fixed 1:2.1.23-1ubuntu0.2
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 1:2.1.20-1ubuntu0.3
14.04 LTS trusty
Fixed 1:2.1.16-2ubuntu0.5

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 6.1 · Medium
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction Required
Scope Changed
Confidentiality Low
Integrity impact Low
Availability impact None
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

    • USN-3563-1
    • Mailman vulnerability
    • 8 February 2018

Other references