CVE-2012-6561

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in engine/lib/views.php in Elgg before 1.8.5 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the view parameter to index.php. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

CVSS v2.0 4.3 MEDIUM

4.3^/10

CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

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://blog.elgg.org/pg/blog/evan/read/209/elgg-185-released	Patch Vendor Advisory
http://elgg.org/getelgg.php?forward=elgg-1.8.5.zip	Patch
http://secunia.com/advisories/49129	Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53623
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/75756

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

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	cpe:2.3:a:elgg:elgg:1.7.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:elgg:elgg:1.7.1:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:elgg:elgg:1.7.2:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:elgg:elgg:1.7.3:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:elgg:elgg:1.7.4:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:elgg:elgg:1.7.5:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:elgg:elgg:1.7.6:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:elgg:elgg:1.7.7:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:elgg:elgg:1.7.8:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:elgg:elgg:1.7.9:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:elgg:elgg:1.7.10:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:elgg:elgg:1.7.11:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:elgg:elgg:1.7.12:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:elgg:elgg:1.7.13:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:elgg:elgg:1.7.14:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:elgg:elgg:1.7.15:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:elgg:elgg:1.7.16:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:elgg:elgg:1.7.17:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:elgg:elgg:1.7.18:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:elgg:elgg:1.8.0.1:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:elgg:elgg:1.8.1:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:elgg:elgg:1.8.3:::::::*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2013-05-23 15:55

Updated : 2024-02-04 18:16

NVD link : CVE-2012-6561

Mitre link : CVE-2012-6561

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2012-6561

JSON object : View

Products Affected

elgg

elgg

CWE

CWE-79

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

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