sympa version 6.2.16 and later contains a CWE-601: URL Redirection to Untrusted Site ('Open Redirect') vulnerability in The "referer" parameter of the wwsympa.fcgi login action. that can result in Open redirection and reflected XSS via data URIs. This attack appear to be exploitable via Victim's browser must follow a URL supplied by the attacker. This vulnerability appears to have been fixed in none available.
Conclusion & alert: CVE-2018-1000671 is rated Moderate Risk (58.9/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 3.98%). Core evidence: EPSS rose +3.36% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Mandatory action: Review affected assets and schedule remediation.
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EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).
| # | Date | Old EPSS score | New EPSS score | Delta (New - Old) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2026-06-15 | 0.62% | 3.98% | +3.36% |
| 2 | 2026-03-23 | 0.85% | 0.62% | -0.22% |
| 3 | 2026-03-04 | — | 0.85% | — |
Full EPSS history (55 records total)
CVSS metrics for this CVE.
| Base score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability | Impact | Score source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6.1 | 3.0 | MEDIUM |
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2.8 | 2.7 | [email protected] |
| 5.8 | 2.0 | MEDIUM |
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8.6 | 4.9 | [email protected] |
| vendor | priority | summary | link |
|---|---|---|---|
debian
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not yet assigned | CVE-2018-1000671 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (sympa), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. | https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-1000671 |
ubuntu
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medium | CVE-2018-1000671 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (sympa), 14 status rows across 14 suites (bionic, cosmic, disco, eoan, focal, groovy, hirsute, impish, jammy, kinetic, lunar, trusty, upstream, xenial): not-affected 9, released 4, ignored 1. | https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-1000671 |
| Vendor | Product | Version | Raw CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
| sympa | sympa | >= 6.2.16 | cpe:2.3:a:sympa:sympa:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| debian | debian_linux | 8.0 | cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://github.com/sympa-community/sympa/issues/268 | Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory |
| https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00023.html | Mailing List Third Party Advisory |
| https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/11/msg00015.html | |
| https://usn.ubuntu.com/4442-1/ |