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CVE-2017-5938

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.

Published

2017-03-15T14:59:00.557

Last Modified

2025-04-20T01:37:25.860

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv3.0: 6.1 (MEDIUM)

CVSSv2 Vector

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

Access Vector: NETWORK
Access Complexity: MEDIUM
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: NONE
Integrity Impact: PARTIAL
Availability Impact: NONE

Exploitability Score

8.6

Impact Score

2.9

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-79

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Operating System	debian	debian_linux	8.0	Yes
Operating System	opensuse	leap	42.2	Yes
Operating System	opensuse_project	leap	42.1	Yes
Application	viewvc	viewvc	≤ 1.1.25	Yes

References

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2017-02/msg00082.html Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3784 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/02/09/6 Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96185 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry ([email protected])
https://github.com/viewvc/viewvc/commit/9dcfc7daa4c940992920d3b2fbd317da20e44aad Patch, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://github.com/viewvc/viewvc/issues/137 ([email protected])
https://github.com/viewvc/viewvc/releases/tag/1.0.14 ([email protected])
https://github.com/viewvc/viewvc/releases/tag/1.1.26 Release Notes, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2017-02/msg00082.html Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3784 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/02/09/6 Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96185 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://github.com/viewvc/viewvc/commit/9dcfc7daa4c940992920d3b2fbd317da20e44aad Patch, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://github.com/viewvc/viewvc/issues/137 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://github.com/viewvc/viewvc/releases/tag/1.0.14 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://github.com/viewvc/viewvc/releases/tag/1.1.26 Release Notes, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)