XSS in Videolan Vlc Media Player

CVE-2013-3565

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in the HTTP Interface in VideoLAN VLC Media Player before 2.0.7 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) command parameter to requests/vlm_cmd.xml, (2) dir parameter to requests/browse.xml, or (3) URI in a request, which is returned in an error message through share/lua/intf/http.lua.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.016 (73.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.1 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2013-3565?
CVE-2013-3565 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Videolan Vlc Media Player, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2020-01-31.
How severe is CVE-2013-3565?
Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.