CVEvulnerability
CVE-2017-5938
6.1 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2017-03-15
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
- 6.1 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 4.3 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-79
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.
Affected configurations
• debian debian linux 8.0
• opensuse leap 42.2
• opensuse project leap 42.1
• viewvc viewvc (<= 1.1.25)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation weakness
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2017-02/msg00082.html Third Party Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3784 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/02/09/6 Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96185 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://github.com/viewvc/viewvc/commit/9dcfc7daa4c940992920d3b2fbd317da20e44aad Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/viewvc/viewvc/issues/137 github.com
- https://github.com/viewvc/viewvc/releases/tag/1.0.14 github.com
- https://github.com/viewvc/viewvc/releases/tag/1.1.26 Release Notes, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2017-02/msg00082.html Third Party Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3784 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/02/09/6 Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96185 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://github.com/viewvc/viewvc/commit/9dcfc7daa4c940992920d3b2fbd317da20e44aad Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/viewvc/viewvc/issues/137 github.com
- https://github.com/viewvc/viewvc/releases/tag/1.0.14 github.com
- https://github.com/viewvc/viewvc/releases/tag/1.1.26 Release Notes, Third Party Advisory