FKIE_CVE-2018-13796

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2018-07-12 18:29 - Updated: 2026-06-17 01:40
Severity
6.5 (Medium) - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Summary
An issue was discovered in GNU Mailman before 2.1.28. A crafted URL can cause arbitrary text to be displayed on a web page from a trusted site.
References
cve@mitre.orghttps://bugs.launchpad.net/mailman/+bug/1780874Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/07/msg00034.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201904-10Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://usn.ubuntu.com/4348-1/
cve@mitre.orghttps://www.mail-archive.com/mailman-users%40python.org/msg71003.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugs.launchpad.net/mailman/+bug/1780874Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/07/msg00034.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201904-10Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://usn.ubuntu.com/4348-1/
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.mail-archive.com/mailman-users%40python.org/msg71003.html
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
gnu mailman *
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  "affected": [
    {
      "affectedData": [
        {
          "product": "n/a",
          "vendor": "n/a",
          "versions": [
            {
              "status": "affected",
              "version": "n/a"
            }
          ]
        }
      ],
      "source": "cve@mitre.org"
    }
  ],
  "configurations": [
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              "criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:gnu:mailman:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
              "matchCriteriaId": "A642C9F8-8CF9-4157-812B-24BBA5752B56",
              "versionEndExcluding": "2.1.28",
              "vulnerable": true
            }
          ],
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          "operator": "OR"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "cveTags": [],
  "descriptions": [
    {
      "lang": "en",
      "value": "An issue was discovered in GNU Mailman before 2.1.28. A crafted URL can cause arbitrary text to be displayed on a web page from a trusted site."
    },
    {
      "lang": "es",
      "value": "Se ha descubierto un problema en GNU Mailman en versiones anteriores a la 2.1.28. Una URL manipulada podr\u00eda provocar que el texto arbitrario se muestre en una p\u00e1gina web de un sitio fiable."
    }
  ],
  "id": "CVE-2018-13796",
  "lastModified": "2026-06-17T01:40:11.063",
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          "accessVector": "NETWORK",
          "authentication": "NONE",
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          "baseScore": 4.3,
          "confidentialityImpact": "NONE",
          "integrityImpact": "PARTIAL",
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