6.1

CVE-2018-1000225: cobbler

Modified
AliasesGHSA-q9g5-98pm-w6q7PYSEC-2026-796UBUNTU-CVE-2018-1000225
Published 20-08-2018Last modified 05-08-2024

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2018-1000225 is a medium (CVSS 6.1) vulnerability in cobbler. EPSS estimates a 1.27% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 69.8% of scored vulnerabilities.

Priority
Routine

Not severe (CVSS 6.1, network access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources

Source freshness unavailable

How is this decided?
CVSS score
6.1/10
010
Medium · v3.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
1.27%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedNot listed by any tracked catalog.
RansomwareNot flaggedNo ransomware use recorded.
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 8 · Related 8
OPENSUSE-SU-2021:0046-1OPENSUSE-SU-2021:0058-1OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10690-1SUSE-RU-2018:2639-1SUSE-SU-2018:2551-1SUSE-SU-2018:2561-1

Timeline

  1. 20-08-2018
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 05-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

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).

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 3 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

1.27%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

70%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

No change 0.00 pp

From 1.27% on 04-10-2026

04-10-202603-11-2026

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEV

Not in the CISA KEV catalog.

ENISA CNW

Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.

CIRCL

Not in the CIRCL catalog.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Version check

Known conditions: network-reachable, no authentication, user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.

PyPI1 product
  • cobbler≤ 2.6.11
Ubuntu1 product
  • cobbler< 2.4.1-0ubuntu2+esm1

2 vendors · 2 products

References

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