Cross-site Scripting (XSS) Affecting kodi package, versions <18.2-r0


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

Exploit Maturity
Mature
EPSS
77.38% (99th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ALPINE316-KODI-2844762
  • published18 Apr 2018
  • disclosed18 Apr 2018

Introduced: 18 Apr 2018

CVE-2018-8831  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-79  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Alpine:3.16 kodi to version 18.2-r0 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kodi package and not the kodi package as distributed by Alpine. See How to fix? for Alpine:3.16 relevant fixed versions and status.

A Persistent XSS vulnerability exists in Kodi (formerly XBMC) through 17.6 that allows the execution of arbitrary HTML/script code in the context of the victim user's browser via a playlist.