CVE-2018-8831

Summary

CVECVE-2018-8831
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2018-04-18 17:29:00 UTC
Updated2018-05-22 16:55:00 UTC
DescriptionA 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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-79

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Kodi Kodi All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Kodi 17.6 - Persistent Cross-Site Scripting - Multiple webapps Exploit EXPLOIT-DB www.exploit-db.com Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
#17814 (Cross-Site Scripting in Kodi) – Kodi - TRAC MISC trac.kodi.tv Vendor Advisory
Full Disclosure: Kodi <= 17.6 - Persistent Cross-Site Scripting FULLDISC seclists.org Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 501030 Alpine Linux Security Update for kodi
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