CVE-2012-4533

Summary

CVECVE-2012-4533
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2012-11-19 00:55:00 UTC
Updated2023-02-13 00:26:00 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

Problem Types: CWE-79

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 6.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 7.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 6.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 7.0 All All All
Application Viewvc Viewvc All All All All
Application Viewvc Viewvc All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
viewvc.tigris.org/source/browse/viewvc CONFIRM viewvc.tigris.org Third Party Advisory
oss-security - CVE Request: viewvc 1.1.5 lib/viewvc.py XSS MLIST www.openwall.com Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
viewvc.tigris.org/source/browse/*checkout*/viewvc/tags/1.1.16/CHANGES CONFIRM viewvc.tigris.org Third Party Advisory
viewvc.tigris.org/issues/show_bug.cgi CONFIRM viewvc.tigris.org Third Party Advisory
oss-security - Re: CVE Request: viewvc 1.1.5 lib/viewvc.py XSS MLIST www.openwall.com Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
viewvc.tigris.org/source/browse/%2Acheckout%2A/viewvc/tags/1.0.13/CHANGES MISC viewvc.tigris.org
Support / Security / Advisories / / MDVSA-2013:134 | Mandriva MANDRIVA www.mandriva.com Third Party Advisory
#691062 - viewvc: CVE-2012-4533: XSS bug in diff view - Debian Bug report logs MISC bugs.debian.org Issue Tracking, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
viewvc.tigris.org/source/browse/viewvc CONFIRM viewvc.tigris.org Third Party Advisory
Security Advisory SA51041 - ViewVC Diff View Script Insertion Vulnerability - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com Third Party Advisory
viewvc.tigris.org/source/browse/%2Acheckout%2A/viewvc/tags/1.1.16/CHANGES MISC viewvc.tigris.org
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-2563-1 viewvc DEBIAN www.debian.org Third Party Advisory
ViewVC CVE-2012-4533 HTML Injection Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
IBM X-Force Exchange XF exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
86566 OSVDB osvdb.org Broken Link
Support/Advisories/MGASA-2012-0313 - Mageia wiki CONFIRM wiki.mageia.org Third Party Advisory
viewvc.tigris.org/source/browse/*checkout*/viewvc/tags/1.0.13/CHANGES CONFIRM viewvc.tigris.org Third Party Advisory
Security Advisory SA51072 - Debian update for viewvc - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com Third Party Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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