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.
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (3.44%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
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.
- CVSS 3.0
- 6.1 MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
- EPSS
- 3.44% probability · 89th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-601
- Affected
- sympa/sympa · debian/debian linux
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS moved from 5.4% on 21 September 2026 to 3.4% on 27 October 2026. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”.
References
- https://github.com/sympa-community/sympa/issues/268Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00023.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/11/msg00015.html
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4442-1/
- https://github.com/sympa-community/sympa/issues/268Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00023.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/11/msg00015.html
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4442-1/
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.