FKIE_CVE-2013-0234

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2014-02-02 20:55 - Updated: 2026-06-16 23:49
Severity
Summary
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.
References
secalert@redhat.comhttp://blog.elgg.org/pg/blog/cash/read/223/elgg-1813-and-1717
secalert@redhat.comhttp://packetstormsecurity.com/files/119903/Elgg-Twitter-Widget-Cross-Site-Scripting.html
secalert@redhat.comhttp://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2013/Jan/251
secalert@redhat.comhttp://secunia.com/advisories/52007Vendor Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/01/29/4
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/57569
secalert@redhat.comhttps://github.com/Elgg/Elgg/commit/19dc507c2fccb378be2a44a762edf6c1e7afa334#L0R11Exploit, Patch
secalert@redhat.comhttps://github.com/Elgg/Elgg/commit/a74a88501c41e89c8bcd7fc650ae2f8cc0a5003d#L2L21
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://blog.elgg.org/pg/blog/cash/read/223/elgg-1813-and-1717
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/119903/Elgg-Twitter-Widget-Cross-Site-Scripting.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2013/Jan/251
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/52007Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/01/29/4
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/57569
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/Elgg/Elgg/commit/19dc507c2fccb378be2a44a762edf6c1e7afa334#L0R11Exploit, Patch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/Elgg/Elgg/commit/a74a88501c41e89c8bcd7fc650ae2f8cc0a5003d#L2L21
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
elgg elgg 1.8.0.1
elgg elgg 1.8.1
elgg elgg 1.8.3
elgg elgg 1.8.4
elgg elgg 1.8.5
elgg elgg 1.8.6
elgg elgg 1.8.7
elgg elgg 1.8.8
elgg elgg 1.8.9
elgg elgg 1.8.10
elgg elgg 1.8.11
elgg elgg 1.8.12
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 1.7.18
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