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National Vulnerability Database

National Vulnerability Database

NVD

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  1. Vulnerabilities

CVE-2012-4533 Detail

Description

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.


Metrics

 
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CVSS 2.0 Severity and Vector Strings:

National Institute of Standards and Technology
NIST: NVD
Base Score:  4.3 MEDIUM
Vector:  (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)

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

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') cwe source acceptance level NIST  

Known Affected Software Configurations Switch to CPE 2.2

Configuration 1 ( hide )
 cpe:2.3:a:viewvc:viewvc:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
   Show Matching CPE(s) 		From (including)
1.0.0		Up to (excluding)
1.0.13
 cpe:2.3:a:viewvc:viewvc:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
   Show Matching CPE(s) 		From (including)
1.1.0		Up to (excluding)
1.1.16

Configuration 2 ( hide )
 cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
   Show Matching CPE(s)
 cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
   Show Matching CPE(s)

Denotes Vulnerable Software
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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2012-4533
NVD Published Date:
11/18/2012
NVD Last Modified:
04/10/2025
Source:
Red Hat, Inc.