ubuntu-cve-2018-1000225
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2018-08-20 20:29
Modified
2025-07-16 04:54
Summary
Details

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).

Severity
6.1 (Medium)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
N/A (UNKNOWN)
medium
References
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{
  "affected": [
    {
      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "availability": "Available with Ubuntu Pro: https://ubuntu.com/pro",
        "binaries": [
          {
            "binary_name": "cobbler",
            "binary_version": "2.4.1-0ubuntu2+esm1"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "cobbler-common",
            "binary_version": "2.4.1-0ubuntu2+esm1"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "cobbler-web",
            "binary_version": "2.4.1-0ubuntu2+esm1"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "koan",
            "binary_version": "2.4.1-0ubuntu2+esm1"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "python-cobbler",
            "binary_version": "2.4.1-0ubuntu2+esm1"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "python-koan",
            "binary_version": "2.4.1-0ubuntu2+esm1"
          }
        ]
      },
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS",
        "name": "cobbler",
        "purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/cobbler@2.4.1-0ubuntu2+esm1?arch=source\u0026distro=esm-apps/xenial"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "2.4.1-0ubuntu2+esm1"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ],
      "versions": [
        "2.4.1-0ubuntu2"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [],
  "details": "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).",
  "id": "UBUNTU-CVE-2018-1000225",
  "modified": "2025-07-16T04:54:13Z",
  "published": "2018-08-20T20:29:00Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-1000225"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://github.com/cobbler/cobbler/issues/1917"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://movermeyer.com/2018-08-02-privilege-escalation-exploits-in-cobblers-api/"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6475-1"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-1000225"
    }
  ],
  "related": [
    "USN-6475-1"
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.7.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    },
    {
      "score": "medium",
      "type": "Ubuntu"
    }
  ],
  "upstream": [
    "CVE-2018-1000225"
  ]
}



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