CVE details
CVE-2018-1000998
FreeBSD CVSweb version 2.x contains a Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in all pages that can result in limited impact--CVSweb is anonymous & read-only. It might impact other sites on same domain. This attack appears to be exploitable via victim must load specially crafted url. This vulnerability appears to have been fixed in 3.x.
- Score
- 6.1 medium
- Published
- 2019-02-04
- Links
- NVD · cve.org · Report wrong data
Matched ports (1)
| Port | Package | Version | Status | Maintainer |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| devel/cvsweb | cvsweb | 2.0.6_2 | unaddressed | noackjr@alumni.rice.edu |
Template for a VuXML entry
Range taken from the CVE record, check it before committing. make newentry in security/vuxml creates the vid.
<vuln vid="FIXME (make newentry)">
<topic>FIXME -- FIXME</topic>
<affects>
<package>
<name>cvsweb</name>
<range><lt>FIXME</lt></range>
</package>
</affects>
<description>
<body xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<p>FreeBSD CVSweb version 2.x contains a Cross Site Scripting (XSS)
vulnerability in all pages that can result in limited impact--CVSweb
is anonymous & read-only. It might impact other sites on same domain.
This attack appears to be exploitable via victim must load specially
crafted url. This vulnerability appears to have been fixed in 3.x.</p>
</body>
</description>
<references>
<cvename>CVE-2018-1000998</cvename>
<url>https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-1000998</url>
</references>
<dates>
<discovery>2019-02-04</discovery>
<entry>2026-10-26</entry>
</dates>
</vuln>