CVE-2013-0234 (GCVE-0-2013-0234)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2014-02-02 20:00
Modified
2024-08-06 14:18
Severity ?
CWE
  • n/a
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.com http://blog.elgg.org/pg/blog/cash/read/223/elgg-1813-and-1717
secalert@redhat.com http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/119903/Elgg-Twitter-Widget-Cross-Site-Scripting.html
secalert@redhat.com http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2013/Jan/251
secalert@redhat.com http://secunia.com/advisories/52007 Vendor Advisory
secalert@redhat.com http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/01/29/4
secalert@redhat.com http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/57569
secalert@redhat.com https://github.com/Elgg/Elgg/commit/19dc507c2fccb378be2a44a762edf6c1e7afa334#L0R11 Exploit, Patch
secalert@redhat.com https://github.com/Elgg/Elgg/commit/a74a88501c41e89c8bcd7fc650ae2f8cc0a5003d#L2L21
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://blog.elgg.org/pg/blog/cash/read/223/elgg-1813-and-1717
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/119903/Elgg-Twitter-Widget-Cross-Site-Scripting.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2013/Jan/251
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://secunia.com/advisories/52007 Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/01/29/4
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/57569
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://github.com/Elgg/Elgg/commit/19dc507c2fccb378be2a44a762edf6c1e7afa334#L0R11 Exploit, Patch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://github.com/Elgg/Elgg/commit/a74a88501c41e89c8bcd7fc650ae2f8cc0a5003d#L2L21
Impacted products
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