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sympa — security advisory

Type: advisorySources: OSVAdvisory ID: DEBIAN-CVE-2018-1000671

sympa version 6.2.16 and later contains a CWE-601: URL Redirection to Untrusted Site ('Open Redirect') vulnerability in The "referer" parameter of the wwsympa.fcgi login action. that can result in Open redirection and reflected XSS via data URIs. This attack appear to be exploitable via Victim's browser must follow a URL supplied by the attacker. This vulnerability appears to have been fixed in none available.

Products
sympa
Affected versions
Not specified
Fixed versions
6.2.36~dfsg-1
CVEs
CVE-2018-1000671
Confirmed fixed CVEs
Not specified
Updated in this feed
1 Nov 2026, 00:26 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

DEBIAN-CVE-2018-1000671

core-osv · Original source

Published 6 Sept 2018, 18:29 UTC

sympa version 6.2.16 and later contains a CWE-601: URL Redirection to Untrusted Site ('Open Redirect') vulnerability in The "referer" parameter of the wwsympa.fcgi login action. that can result in Open redirection and reflected XSS via data URIs. This attack appear to be exploitable via Victim's browser must follow a URL supplied by the attacker. This vulnerability appears to have been fixed in none available.

osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2018-1000671

sympa

Fixed versions: 6.2.36~dfsg-1

sympa

Fixed versions: 6.2.36~dfsg-1

sympa

Fixed versions: 6.2.36~dfsg-1

Complete source record
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