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.

INFO

Published Date :

Nov. 19, 2012, 12:55 a.m.

Last Modified :

Feb. 13, 2023, 12:26 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

2.9

Exploitability Score :

8.6
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2012-4533 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Debian debian_linux
1 Viewvc viewvc

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The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2012-4533 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2012-4533 vulnerability over time.

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  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Feb. 13, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed Reference http://viewvc.tigris.org/source/browse/*checkout*/viewvc/tags/1.0.13/CHANGES [Third Party Advisory]
    Removed Reference http://viewvc.tigris.org/source/browse/*checkout*/viewvc/tags/1.1.16/CHANGES [Third Party Advisory]
    Added Reference http://viewvc.tigris.org/source/browse/%2Acheckout%2A/viewvc/tags/1.0.13/CHANGES [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference http://viewvc.tigris.org/source/browse/%2Acheckout%2A/viewvc/tags/1.1.16/CHANGES [No Types Assigned]
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Dec. 04, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Reference Type http://secunia.com/advisories/51072 Vendor Advisory http://secunia.com/advisories/51072 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://viewvc.tigris.org/source/browse/viewvc?view=rev&revision=2794 No Types Assigned http://viewvc.tigris.org/source/browse/viewvc?view=rev&revision=2794 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://viewvc.tigris.org/source/browse/viewvc?view=rev&revision=2792 No Types Assigned http://viewvc.tigris.org/source/browse/viewvc?view=rev&revision=2792 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://viewvc.tigris.org/source/browse/*checkout*/viewvc/tags/1.1.16/CHANGES No Types Assigned http://viewvc.tigris.org/source/browse/*checkout*/viewvc/tags/1.1.16/CHANGES Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2563 No Types Assigned http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2563 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://secunia.com/advisories/51041 Vendor Advisory http://secunia.com/advisories/51041 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:134 No Types Assigned http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:134 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56161 No Types Assigned http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56161 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Changed Reference Type http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/10/21/3 No Types Assigned http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/10/21/3 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/79561 No Types Assigned https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/79561 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Changed Reference Type http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/10/21/2 No Types Assigned http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/10/21/2 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=691062 No Types Assigned http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=691062 Issue Tracking, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://viewvc.tigris.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=515 No Types Assigned http://viewvc.tigris.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=515 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://osvdb.org/86566 No Types Assigned http://osvdb.org/86566 Broken Link
    Changed Reference Type http://viewvc.tigris.org/source/browse/*checkout*/viewvc/tags/1.0.13/CHANGES No Types Assigned http://viewvc.tigris.org/source/browse/*checkout*/viewvc/tags/1.0.13/CHANGES Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Support/Advisories/MGASA-2012-0313 No Types Assigned https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Support/Advisories/MGASA-2012-0313 Third Party Advisory
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:viewvc:viewvc:1.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:viewvc:viewvc:1.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:viewvc:viewvc:1.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:viewvc:viewvc:1.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:viewvc:viewvc:1.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:viewvc:viewvc:1.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:viewvc:viewvc:1.0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:viewvc:viewvc:1.0.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:viewvc:viewvc:1.0.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:viewvc:viewvc:1.0.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:viewvc:viewvc:1.0.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:viewvc:viewvc:1.0.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:viewvc:viewvc:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (including) 1.0.12 *cpe:2.3:a:viewvc:viewvc:1.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:viewvc:viewvc:1.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:viewvc:viewvc:1.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:viewvc:viewvc:1.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:viewvc:viewvc:1.1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:viewvc:viewvc:1.1.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:viewvc:viewvc:1.1.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:viewvc:viewvc:1.1.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:viewvc:viewvc:1.1.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:viewvc:viewvc:1.1.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:viewvc:viewvc:1.1.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:viewvc:viewvc:1.1.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:viewvc:viewvc:1.1.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:viewvc:viewvc:1.1.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:viewvc:viewvc:1.1.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:viewvc:viewvc:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (including) 1.1.15 OR *cpe:2.3:a:viewvc:viewvc:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 1.0.0 up to (excluding) 1.0.13 *cpe:2.3:a:viewvc:viewvc:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 1.1.0 up to (excluding) 1.1.16
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Aug. 13, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed Reference http://viewvc.tigris.org/source/browse/%2Acheckout%2A/viewvc/tags/1.1.16/CHANGES [No Types Assigned]
    Removed Reference http://viewvc.tigris.org/source/browse/%2Acheckout%2A/viewvc/tags/1.0.13/CHANGES [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference http://viewvc.tigris.org/source/browse/*checkout*/viewvc/tags/1.1.16/CHANGES [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference http://viewvc.tigris.org/source/browse/*checkout*/viewvc/tags/1.0.13/CHANGES [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Aug. 29, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed Reference http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/79561 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/79561 [No Types Assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Nov. 19, 2012

    Action Type Old Value New Value
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2012-4533 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2012-4533 weaknesses.

Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.15 }} 0.00%

score

0.48935

percentile

CVSS2 - Vulnerability Scoring System
Access Vector
Access Complexity
Authentication
Confidentiality
Integrity
Availability