CVE-2013-0234

Elgg < 1.7.16 - XSS

Title source: rule

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.

References (8)

[Various Sources] http://blog.elgg.org/pg/blog/cash/read/223/elgg-1813-and-1717

[Vendor Advisory] http://secunia.com/advisories/52007

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/57569

[Exploit, Patch] https://github.com/Elgg/Elgg/commit/19dc507c2fccb378be2a44a762edf6c1e7afa334#L0R11

[Patch] https://github.com/Elgg/Elgg/commit/a74a88501c41e89c8bcd7fc650ae2f8cc0a5003d#L2L21

View Patch ZIP pw:eip

[Mailing List] http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/01/29/4

[Mailing List] http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2013/Jan/251

[Exploit, Third Party Advisory] http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/119903/Elgg-Twitter-Widget-Cross-Site-Scripting.html

Scores

EPSS 0.0054

EPSS Percentile 67.5%

Details

CWE

CWE-79

Status published

Products (31)

elgg/elgg

... and 21 more

Published Feb 02, 2014

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026