CVE-2012-4533

Summary

CVECVE-2012-4533
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2012-11-19 00:55:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
DescriptionCross-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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 4.3 from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: CWE-79 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
Partial
Availability
None

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Viewvc Viewvc All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Support/Advisories/MGASA-2012-0313 - Mageia wiki af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 wiki.mageia.org Third Party Advisory
ViewVC CVE-2012-4533 HTML Injection Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
viewvc.tigris.org/issues/show_bug.cgi af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 viewvc.tigris.org Third Party Advisory
viewvc.tigris.org/source/browse/viewvc af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 viewvc.tigris.org Third Party Advisory
Support / Security / Advisories / / MDVSA-2013:134 | Mandriva af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com Third Party Advisory
Security Advisory SA51072 - Debian update for viewvc - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Third Party Advisory
viewvc.tigris.org/source/browse/%2Acheckout%2A/viewvc/tags/1.0.13/CHANGES af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 viewvc.tigris.org
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-2563-1 viewvc af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org Third Party Advisory
#691062 - viewvc: CVE-2012-4533: XSS bug in diff view - Debian Bug report logs af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugs.debian.org Issue Tracking, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
osvdb.org/86566 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 osvdb.org Broken Link
Security Advisory SA51041 - ViewVC Diff View Script Insertion Vulnerability - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Third Party Advisory
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
oss-security - Re: CVE Request: viewvc 1.1.5 lib/viewvc.py XSS af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
viewvc.tigris.org/source/browse/%2Acheckout%2A/viewvc/tags/1.1.16/CHANGES af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 viewvc.tigris.org
viewvc.tigris.org/source/browse/viewvc af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 viewvc.tigris.org Third Party Advisory
oss-security - CVE Request: viewvc 1.1.5 lib/viewvc.py XSS af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
CONFIRM:http://viewvc.tigris.org/source/browse/*checkout*/viewvc/tags/1.0.13/CHANGES MITRE viewvc.tigris.org
CONFIRM:http://viewvc.tigris.org/source/browse/*checkout*/viewvc/tags/1.1.16/CHANGES MITRE viewvc.tigris.org
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