{"id":"UBUNTU-CVE-2018-1000225","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).","modified":"2026-02-04T03:38:31.006985Z","published":"2018-08-20T20:29:00Z","related":["USN-6475-1"],"upstream":["CVE-2018-1000225"],"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"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"cobbler","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/cobbler@2.4.1-0ubuntu2+esm1?arch=source&distro=esm-apps/xenial"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"2.4.1-0ubuntu2+esm1"}]}],"versions":["2.4.1-0ubuntu2"],"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_version":"2.4.1-0ubuntu2+esm1","binary_name":"python-koan"}]},"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2018/UBUNTU-CVE-2018-1000225.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.3","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N"},{"type":"Ubuntu","score":"medium"}]}