CVE-2018-1000528 Cross-site scripting in n/a

What is CVE-2018-1000528?

CVE-2018-1000528 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Debian Debian Linux, published on 26 Jun 2018. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

GONICUS GOsa version before commit 56070d6289d47ba3f5918885954dcceb75606001 contains a Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in change password form (html/password.php, #308) that can result in injection of arbitrary web script or HTML. This attack appear to be exploitable via the victim must open a specially crafted web page. This vulnerability appears to have been fixed in after commit 56070d6289d47ba3f5918885954dcceb75606001.

Weakness: CWE-79

Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-1000528?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Debian Debian Linux, Gonicus Gosa.

How do I fix CVE-2018-1000528?

Apply the vendor's patch.

Escape output for the context it lands in and set a strict Content Security Policy. Upgrading the affected component is the real fix. More about Cross-site scripting.

Is CVE-2018-1000528 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-1000528 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2018-1000528, DLA-1436-1, DSA-4239-1, GHSA-fh4v-6j27-m5mf, UBUNTU-CVE-2018-1000528.