FKIE_CVE-2012-6561

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2013-05-23 15:55 - Updated: 2025-04-11 00:51
Severity ?
Summary
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.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://blog.elgg.org/pg/blog/evan/read/209/elgg-185-releasedPatch, Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://elgg.org/getelgg.php?forward=elgg-1.8.5.zipPatch
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/49129Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53623
cve@mitre.orghttps://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/75756
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://blog.elgg.org/pg/blog/evan/read/209/elgg-185-releasedPatch, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://elgg.org/getelgg.php?forward=elgg-1.8.5.zipPatch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/49129Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53623
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/75756
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
elgg elgg *
elgg elgg 1.7.0
elgg elgg 1.7.1
elgg elgg 1.7.2
elgg elgg 1.7.3
elgg elgg 1.7.4
elgg elgg 1.7.5
elgg elgg 1.7.6
elgg elgg 1.7.7
elgg elgg 1.7.8
elgg elgg 1.7.9
elgg elgg 1.7.10
elgg elgg 1.7.11
elgg elgg 1.7.12
elgg elgg 1.7.13
elgg elgg 1.7.14
elgg elgg 1.7.15
elgg elgg 1.7.16
elgg elgg 1.7.17
elgg elgg 1.7.18
elgg elgg 1.8.0.1
elgg elgg 1.8.1
elgg elgg 1.8.3
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