CVE-2018-4300

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.9 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2019-04-03 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-200

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.

Affected products

cups: before 2.2.10 — fixed in 2.2.10

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: cups 2.2.10. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/107785
https://github.com/apple/cups/releases/tag/v2.2.10
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/09/msg00028.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/107785
https://github.com/apple/cups/releases/tag/v2.2.10
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/09/msg00028.html

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