CVE-2012-6561

CVSS V2 Medium 4.3 CVSS V3 None
Description
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in engine/lib/views.php in Elgg before 1.8.5 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the view parameter to index.php. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2012-6561
  • Assigner
  • cve@mitre.org
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Modified
  • Published Version
  • 2013-05-23T15:55:02
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2017-08-29T01:32:58
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-79 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/79.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:a:elgg:elgg:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 1.8.4
cpe:2.3:a:elgg:elgg:1.7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:elgg:elgg:1.7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:elgg:elgg:1.7.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:elgg:elgg:1.7.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:elgg:elgg:1.7.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:elgg:elgg:1.7.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:elgg:elgg:1.7.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:elgg:elgg:1.7.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:elgg:elgg:1.7.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:elgg:elgg:1.7.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:elgg:elgg:1.7.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:elgg:elgg:1.7.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:elgg:elgg:1.7.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:elgg:elgg:1.7.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:elgg:elgg:1.7.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:elgg:elgg:1.7.15:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:elgg:elgg:1.7.16:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:elgg:elgg:1.7.17:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:elgg:elgg:1.7.18:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:elgg:elgg:1.8.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:elgg:elgg:1.8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:elgg:elgg:1.8.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
  • Access Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Access Compatibility
  • MEDIUM
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • NONE
  • Integrity Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Availability Impact
  • NONE
  • Base Score
  • 4.3
  • Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 8.6
  • Impact Score
  • 2.9
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
http://blog.elgg.org/pg/blog/evan/read/209/elgg-185-released Patch Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/49129 Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53623
http://elgg.org/getelgg.php?forward=elgg-1.8.5.zip Patch
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/75756
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-6561
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-6561
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 08:47:20 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-01 18:37:22 2013-05-23T15:55Z 2013-05-23T15:55:02 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-01 18:37:22 2017-08-29T01:32:58 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-01 18:37:22 Modified Vulnerability Status updated