CVE-2012-4533

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the "extra" details in the DiffSource._get_row function in lib/viewvc.py in ViewVC 1.0.x before 1.0.13 and 1.1.x before 1.1.16 allows remote authenticated users with repository commit access to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the "function name" line.

CVSS v2.0 4.3 MEDIUM

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CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

V2 Legend

Vector : AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Exploitability : 8.6 / Impact : 2.9

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity MEDIUM

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact NONE

References

Link	Resource
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/10/21/3	Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://viewvc.tigris.org/source/browse/viewvc?view=rev&revision=2794	Third Party Advisory
http://viewvc.tigris.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=515	Third Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2563	Third Party Advisory
http://viewvc.tigris.org/source/browse/viewvc?view=rev&revision=2792	Third Party Advisory
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=691062	Mailing List Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/51041	Third Party Advisory
http://osvdb.org/86566	Broken Link
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56161	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/10/21/2	Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/51072	Third Party Advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:134	Third Party Advisory
https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Support/Advisories/MGASA-2012-0313	Third Party Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/79561	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://viewvc.tigris.org/source/browse/%2Acheckout%2A/viewvc/tags/1.0.13/CHANGES
http://viewvc.tigris.org/source/browse/%2Acheckout%2A/viewvc/tags/1.1.16/CHANGES

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:a:viewvc:viewvc::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:viewvc:viewvc::::::::

Configuration 2 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:7.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:6.0:::::::*

Information

Published : 2012-11-18 16:55

Updated : 2023-02-12 16:26

NVD link : CVE-2012-4533

Mitre link : CVE-2012-4533

JSON object : View

CWE

CWE-79

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

Products Affected

debian

debian_linux

viewvc

viewvc

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