cve/2018/CVE-2018-1000225.md

### [CVE-2018-1000225](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-1000225)
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### Description

Cobbler version Verified as present in Cobbler versions 2.6.11+, but code inspection suggests at least 2.0.0+ or possibly even older versions may be vulnerable contains a Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in cobbler-web that can result in Privilege escalation to admin.. This attack appear to be exploitable via "network connectivity". Sending unauthenticated JavaScript payload to the Cobbler XMLRPC API (/cobbler_api).

### POC

#### Reference
- https://github.com/cobbler/cobbler/issues/1917
- https://movermeyer.com/2018-08-02-privilege-escalation-exploits-in-cobblers-api/

#### Github
No PoCs found on GitHub currently.