CVE-2020-12137
GNU Mailman 2.x before 2.1.30 uses the .obj extension for scrubbed application/octet-stream MIME parts. This behavior may contribute to XSS attacks against list-archive visitors, because an HTTP reply
02 Description
GNU Mailman 2.x before 2.1.30 uses the .obj extension for scrubbed application/octet-stream MIME parts. This behavior may contribute to XSS attacks against list-archive visitors, because an HTTP reply
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 2.28% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 82.6% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 6.1 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- Moderate. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2020-04-24 12:37Z6 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-04 11:48Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2020-04-24
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-79Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')Base
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 6662125464f30b940a735530bab28c722682d1b8e1f1f87b4b5a44ee5a222a14
05 Affected products
06 References
- www.openwall.comhttps://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/02/24/2
- www.openwall.comhttps://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/02/24/3
- bazaar.launchpad.nethttp://bazaar.launchpad.net/~mailman-coders/mailman/2.1/view/head:/NEWS
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20200424 Re: mailman 2.x: XSS via file attachments in list archiveshttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/04/24/3
- www.debian.orgDSA-4664https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4664
- lists.debian.org[debian-lts-announce] 20200503 [SECURITY] [DLA 2200-1] mailman security updatehttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/05/msg00002.html
- usn.ubuntu.comUSN-4348-1https://usn.ubuntu.com/4348-1/
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2020-69f2f1d987https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/G4COSBBEMJYLV7WSW5QTUJUOFJFK47KK/
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2020-20b748e81ehttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/6YCMGTTOXXCVM4O6CYZLTZDX6YLYORNF/
- lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2020:1707http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-10/msg00047.html
- lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2020:1752http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-10/msg00063.html
07 Fixed in
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- mailman Fixed in 1:2.1.20-1ubuntu0.4
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
- mailman Fixed in 1:2.1.26-1ubuntu0.1
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
- mailman Fixed in 1:2.1.29-1ubuntu3.1
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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