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CVE-2018-4300
The session cookie generated by the CUPS web interface was easy to guess on Linux, allowing unauthorized scripted access to the web…
Medium5.9EPSS 1.8%
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- Updated
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- apple
Description
The session cookie generated by the CUPS web interface was easy to guess on Linux, allowing unauthorized scripted access to the web interface when the web interface is enabled. This issue affected versions prior to v2.2.10.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | Medium5.9 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.8% · top 21% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.9.
Weakness
- A maliciously crafted web site or local HTML file might be able to collect sanitized job and printer status information without the knowledge of the user
- CWE-200 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-200 and its CVEs
Affected products
CUPS
- affected Versions prior to: v2.2.10
References (3)
- https://github.com/apple/cups/releases/tag/v2.2.10 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 107785 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- [debian-lts-announce] 20190928 [SECURITY] [DLA 1936-1] cups security update (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
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- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
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- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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