CVE-2017-5938

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

Score

CVSS 3.0 6.1 Medium

Status

Modified - cve@mitre.org

Published

2017-03-15

Last modified

2024-08-05

Weaknesses

CWE-79

Affected products

• Debian Linux (Debian)
• Leap (Opensuse)
• Leap (Opensuse Project)
• Viewvc (Viewvc)

References

• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2017-02/msg00082.html
• http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3784
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/02/09/6
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96185
• https://github.com/viewvc/viewvc/commit/9dcfc7daa4c940992920d3b2fbd317da20e44aad
• https://github.com/viewvc/viewvc/issues/137
• https://github.com/viewvc/viewvc/releases/tag/1.0.14
• https://github.com/viewvc/viewvc/releases/tag/1.1.26