CVEvulnerability
CVE-2018-1000225
6.1 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2018-08-20
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
- 6.1 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 4.3 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-79
Description
Cobbler version Verified as present in Cobbler versions 2.6.11+, but code inspection suggests at least 2.0.0+ or possibly even older versions may be vulnerable contains a Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in cobbler-web that can result in Privilege escalation to admin.. This attack appear to be exploitable via "network connectivity". Sending unauthenticated JavaScript payload to the Cobbler XMLRPC API (/cobbler_api).
Affected configurations
• cobblerd cobbler
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation weakness
References
- https://github.com/cobbler/cobbler/issues/1917 Third Party Advisory
- https://movermeyer.com/2018-08-02-privilege-escalation-exploits-in-cobblers-api/ Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/cobbler/cobbler/issues/1917 Third Party Advisory
- https://movermeyer.com/2018-08-02-privilege-escalation-exploits-in-cobblers-api/ Third Party Advisory