CVE catalog
CVE-2018-5950
UBUNTU-CVE-2018-5950
- Severity
- Medium · CVSS 6.1
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N - Published
- Updated
- Source
- [NVD] · [CVE record]
- EPSS
- 4.57% · Oct 25, 2026
A cross-site scripting (XSS) flaw was found in mailman. An attacker, able to trick the user into visiting a specific URL, can execute arbitrary web scripts on the user's side and force the victim to perform unintended actions. mailman: Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in web UI The CVSS score(s) listed for this vulnerability do not reflect the associated product's status, and are included for informational purposes to better understand the severity of this vulnerability.
Vulnerable and fixed packages
Distribution-reported package versions and fixes. These do not depend on matching against the OpenFactory package catalog.
| Distribution | Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | mailman | 8 | 1:2.1.18-2 | vulnerable |
| Debian | mailman | 8 | 1:2.1.18-2+deb8u1 | vulnerable |
| Debian | mailman | 8 | 1:2.1.18-2+deb8u2 | fixed |
| Debian | mailman | 9 | 1:2.1.23-1 | vulnerable |
| Debian | mailman | 9 | 1:2.1.23-1+deb9u1 | vulnerable |
| Debian | mailman | 9 | 1:2.1.23-1+deb9u2 | fixed |
| Debian | mailman | 7 | 1:2.1.15-1 | vulnerable |
| Debian | mailman | 7 | 1:2.1.15-1+deb7u1 | vulnerable |
| Debian | mailman | 7 | 1:2.1.15-1+deb7u2 | vulnerable |
| Debian | mailman | 7 | 1:2.1.15-1+deb7u3 | fixed |
| Ubuntu | mailman | 14.04 | 1:2.1.16~rc2-1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | mailman | 14.04 | 1:2.1.16-1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | mailman | 14.04 | 1:2.1.16-2 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | mailman | 14.04 | 1:2.1.16-2ubuntu0.1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | mailman | 14.04 | 1:2.1.16-2ubuntu0.2 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | mailman | 14.04 | 1:2.1.16-2ubuntu0.3 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | mailman | 14.04 | 1:2.1.16-2ubuntu0.5 | fixed |
| Ubuntu | mailman | 16.04 | 1:2.1.20-1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | mailman | 16.04 | 1:2.1.20-1ubuntu0.1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | mailman | 16.04 | 1:2.1.20-1ubuntu0.3 | fixed |
| Ubuntu | mailman | 14.04 | 1:2.1.16~rc2-1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | mailman | 14.04 | 1:2.1.16-1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | mailman | 14.04 | 1:2.1.16-2 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | mailman | 14.04 | 1:2.1.16-2ubuntu0.1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | mailman | 14.04 | 1:2.1.16-2ubuntu0.2 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | mailman | 14.04 | 1:2.1.16-2ubuntu0.3 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | mailman | 14.04 | 1:2.1.16-2ubuntu0.5 | fixed |
| Ubuntu | mailman | 16.04 | 1:2.1.20-1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | mailman | 16.04 | 1:2.1.20-1ubuntu0.1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | mailman | 16.04 | 1:2.1.20-1ubuntu0.3 | fixed |
Fixed-version evidence
| Distribution | Package | Type | Release | Fixed version | Urgency | Origin | Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | mailman | deb | 8 | 1:2.1.18-2+deb8u2 | Not reported | DSA-4108-1 | Not reported |
| Debian | mailman | deb | 9 | 1:2.1.23-1+deb9u2 | Not reported | DSA-4108-1 | Not reported |
| Debian | mailman | deb | 7 | 1:2.1.15-1+deb7u3 | Not reported | DLA-1272-1 | Not reported |
| Ubuntu | mailman | deb | 14.04 | 1:2.1.16-2ubuntu0.5 | Not reported | USN-3563-1 | Not reported |
| Ubuntu | mailman | deb | 16.04 | 1:2.1.20-1ubuntu0.3 | Not reported | USN-3563-1 | Not reported |
| Ubuntu | mailman | deb | 14.04 | 1:2.1.16-2ubuntu0.5 | Not reported | UBUNTU-CVE-2018-5950 | Not reported |
| Ubuntu | mailman | deb | 16.04 | 1:2.1.20-1ubuntu0.3 | Not reported | UBUNTU-CVE-2018-5950 | Not reported |
OpenFactory catalog packages
No matching packages in this catalog.
Observed:
References
- [https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0504]
- [https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/csaf/rhsa-2018_0505.json]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DLA-1272-1]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DSA-4108-1]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2018-5950]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/USN-3563-1]
[FIRST EPSS] · [OSV Package Vulnerability Database] · [Red Hat security advisories and VEX] · [SUSE security advisories and VEX]