CVE-2018-8831

MediumCVSS 6.1/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.0 6.1/10CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Weakness enumeration

CWE-79

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	n/a

References

http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2018/Apr/36Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
https://trac.kodi.tv/ticket/17814Vendor Advisory
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44487/Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2018/Apr/36Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
https://trac.kodi.tv/ticket/17814Vendor Advisory
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44487/Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry

Timeline

Published: Apr 18, 2018
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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