CVE-2017-5938 — Cross-site Scripting in Viewvc

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting4 documents4 sources
Severity
6.1MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.6%
top 29.65%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
4
ViewvcDebian LinuxOpensuse Leap+1 more
Timeline
PublishedMar 15
Latest updateMay 14

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the nav_path function in lib/viewvc.py in ViewVC before 1.0.14 and 1.1.x before 1.1.26 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the nav_data name.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:NExploitability: 2.8 | Impact: 2.7

Affected Packages4 packages

▶Ubuntuviewvc/viewvc< 1.1.5-1.4+deb7u1build0.14.04.1+1
▶NVDviewvc/viewvc1.1.25
▶NVDopensuse/leap42.2

Also affects: Debian Linux 8.0

Patches

Patch: www.openwall.com ↗Patch: github.com ↗Patch: www.openwall.com ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
GHSA
GHSA-3h2f-w6h5-7wr8: Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the nav_path function in lib/viewvc↗2022-05-14
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CVEList
CVE-2017-5938: Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the nav_path function in lib/viewvc↗2017-03-15
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OSV
CVE-2017-5938: Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the nav_path function in lib/viewvc↗2017-03-15
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CVE-2017-5938 — Cross-site Scripting in Viewvc | cvebase