XSS in Elgg
CVE-2013-0234
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Twitter widget in Elgg before 1.7.17 and 1.8.x before 1.8.13 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the params[twitter_username] parameter to action/widgets/save.
Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 4.3 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.015 (72.5th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 72nd percentile — 72.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.015 · newest: 0.015 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Elgg — versions 1.8.0.1, 1.8.1, 1.8.3
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- blog.elgg.org/pg/blog/cash/read/223/elgg-1813-and-1717
- packetstormsecurity.com/files/119903/Elgg-Twitter-Widget-Cross-Site-Scripting.h…
- github.com/Elgg/Elgg/commit/a74a88501c41e89c8bcd7fc650ae2f8cc0a5003d
- seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2013/Jan/251 (mailing-list)
- github.com/Elgg/Elgg/commit/19dc507c2fccb378be2a44a762edf6c1e7afa334 (Exploit, Patch)
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/01/29/4 (mailing-list)
- secunia.com/advisories/52007 (Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/57569 (vdb-entry)