CVE-2018-8831 (GCVE-0-2018-8831)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2018-04-18 17:00 – Updated: 2024-08-05 07:02
VLAI
Summary
A Persistent XSS vulnerability exists in Kodi (formerly XBMC) through 17.6 that allows the execution of arbitrary HTML/script code in the context of the victim user's browser via a playlist.
Severity
6.1 (Medium)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2018/Apr/36 mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISC
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44487/ exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB
https://trac.kodi.tv/ticket/17814 x_refsource_MISC
Date Public
2018-04-16 00:00
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