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CVE-2012-4533
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the "extra" details in the DiffSource._get_row function in lib/viewvc.py in ViewVC 1.0.x…
Medium4.3EPSS 3.1%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- redhat
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.
Timeline
ID reserved
By redhat
- 3 months later
· 3 months later
Published
- 12 years later
· 12 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium4.3 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 3.1% · top 12% of all CVEs (8 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.3.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (16)
- http://viewvc.tigris.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=515 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 86566 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- http://viewvc.tigris.org/source/browse/viewvc?view=rev&revision=2794 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 51041 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://viewvc.tigris.org/source/browse/viewvc?view=rev&revision=2792 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 56161 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- viewvc-viewvc-checkins-xss(79561) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- http://viewvc.tigris.org/source/browse/%2Acheckout%2A/viewvc/tags/1.0.13/CHANGES (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=691062 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20121020 Re: CVE Request: viewvc 1.1.5 lib/viewvc.py XSS (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Support/Advisories/MGASA-2012-0313 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- MDVSA-2013:134 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
- DSA-2563 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20121020 CVE Request: viewvc 1.1.5 lib/viewvc.py XSS (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- http://viewvc.tigris.org/source/browse/%2Acheckout%2A/viewvc/tags/1.1.16/CHANGES (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 51072 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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