VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2013-0234
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.
MEDIUM 4.3EPSS 1.46%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (1.46%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
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.
- CVSS 2.0
- 4.3 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
- EPSS
- 1.46% probability · 72th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-79
- Affected
- elgg/elgg
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
References
- http://blog.elgg.org/pg/blog/cash/read/223/elgg-1813-and-1717
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/119903/Elgg-Twitter-Widget-Cross-Site-Scripting.html
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2013/Jan/251
- http://secunia.com/advisories/52007Vendor Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/01/29/4
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/57569
- https://github.com/Elgg/Elgg/commit/19dc507c2fccb378be2a44a762edf6c1e7afa334#L0R11Exploit, Patch
- https://github.com/Elgg/Elgg/commit/a74a88501c41e89c8bcd7fc650ae2f8cc0a5003d#L2L21
- http://blog.elgg.org/pg/blog/cash/read/223/elgg-1813-and-1717
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/119903/Elgg-Twitter-Widget-Cross-Site-Scripting.html
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2013/Jan/251
- http://secunia.com/advisories/52007Vendor Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/01/29/4
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/57569
- https://github.com/Elgg/Elgg/commit/19dc507c2fccb378be2a44a762edf6c1e7afa334#L0R11Exploit, Patch
- https://github.com/Elgg/Elgg/commit/a74a88501c41e89c8bcd7fc650ae2f8cc0a5003d#L2L21
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.