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CVE-2018-8831

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.1 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 52.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2018-04-18 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-79

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.

Affected products

• Kodi: through 17.6

References

• http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2018/Apr/36
• https://trac.kodi.tv/ticket/17814
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44487/
• http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2018/Apr/36
• https://trac.kodi.tv/ticket/17814
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44487/

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