{"id":"PYSEC-2026-796","summary":"Cobbler XSS Vulnerability","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).","aliases":["CVE-2018-1000225","GHSA-q9g5-98pm-w6q7"],"modified":"2026-07-07T11:45:44.475286524Z","published":"2026-07-06T08:03:23.848119Z","references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-1000225"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://github.com/cobbler/cobbler/issues/1917"},{"type":"PACKAGE","url":"https://github.com/cobbler/cobbler"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://github.com/cobbler/cobbler/blob/master/cobbler/remote.py#L2236"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://movermeyer.com/2018-08-02-privilege-escalation-exploits-in-cobblers-api"},{"type":"PACKAGE","url":"https://pypi.org/project/cobbler"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-q9g5-98pm-w6q7"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"cobbler","ecosystem":"PyPI","purl":"pkg:pypi/cobbler"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"last_affected":"2.6.11"}]}],"versions":["0.6.3-2"],"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/blob/main/vulns/cobbler/PYSEC-2026-796.yaml"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N"}]}