security flaw
Published Jan 19, 2005
4.3
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 1.80%
Description
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the driver script in mailman before 2.1.5 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a URL, which is not properly escaped in the resulting error page.
Affected products
No data.
- 1.0
- 1.1
- 2.0
- 2.0
- 2.0
- 2.0
- 2.0.1
- 2.0.2
- 2.0.3
- 2.0.4
- 2.0.5
- 2.0.6
- 2.0.7
- 2.0.8
- 2.0.9
- 2.0.10
- 2.0.11
- 2.0.12
- 2.0.13
- 2.1
- 2.1.1
- 2.1.2
- 2.1.3
- 2.1.4
- 2.1b1
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3
mailman-3:2.1.5-25.rhel3
Fixed · RHSA-2005:235
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
mailman-3:2.1.5-33.rhel4
Fixed · RHSA-2005:235
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 | mailman-3:2.1.5-25.rhel3 | Fixed | RHSA-2005:235 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 | mailman-3:2.1.5-33.rhel4 | Fixed | RHSA-2005:235 |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
Red Hat statement
This issue did not affect the versions of mailman shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1, 3, or 4. In addition, we believe this issue does not apply to the 2.0.x versions of mailman due to setting of STEALTH_MODE
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (13 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 1.80% (0.01797) | 77.65th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 1.78% (0.01782) | 75.32th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 1.58% (0.01585) | 79.91th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 3.52% (0.03522) | 79.17th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 1.58% (0.01585) | 80.35th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.39% (0.00394) | 74.24th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 8, 2024 | 0.39% (0.00394) | 72.71th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Dec 27, 2023 | 0.39% (0.00394) | 70.60th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.41% (0.00414) | 70.00th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.78% (0.01776) | 76.86th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 23, 2023 | 1.78% (0.01776) | 76.81th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.78% (0.01776) | 74.78th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.78% (0.01776) | 53.99th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (14)
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=287555 x_refsource_CONFIRMPatch
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=110549296126351&w=2 mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://secunia.com/advisories/13603 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-674 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANPatchVendor Advisory
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:015 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRAKE
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_07_mailman.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-235.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2004-1177 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1617389 Issue Tracking
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/18854 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-rh6c-jh4c-9fg3 Advisory
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2004-1177
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11113 vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2004-1177
Change history (0)
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