4.3
CVSSv2

CVE-2017-5938

Published: 15/03/2017 Updated: 30/10/2018
CVSS v2 Base Score: 4.3 | Impact Score: 2.9 | Exploitability Score: 8.6
CVSS v3 Base Score: 6.1 | Impact Score: 2.7 | Exploitability Score: 2.8
VMScore: 383
Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Vulnerability Summary

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the nav_path function in lib/viewvc.py in ViewVC prior to 1.0.14 and 1.1.x prior to 1.1.26 allows remote malicious users to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the nav_data name.

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debian debian linux 8.0

opensuse leap 42.2

opensuse project leap 42.1

viewvc viewvc

Vendor Advisories

Debian Bug report logs - #854681 viewc: Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability Package: viewvc; Maintainer for viewvc is Lev Lamberov <dogsleg@debianorg>; Source for viewvc is src:viewvc (PTS, buildd, popcon) Reported by: Sebastien Delafond <seb@debianorg> Date: Thu, 9 Feb 2017 13:36:02 UTC Severity: important ...
Thomas Gerbet discovered that viewvc, a web interface for CVS and Subversion repositories, did not properly sanitize user input This problem resulted in a potential Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability For the stable distribution (jessie), this problem has been fixed in version 1122-1+deb8u1 For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has ...