CVE-2012-4533
MEDIUM · CVSS 4.3EPSS 3.1%EU EUVD
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the "extra" details in the DiffSource._get_row function in lib/viewvc.py in ViewVC 1.0.x before 1.0.13 and 1.1.x before 1.1.16 allows remote authenticated users with repository commit access to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the "function name" line.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 4.3 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-79
- EPSS score
- 3.1% (88th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2012-4461)
- Published
- November 19, 2012
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2012-4461 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- debian / debian linux
- debian / debian linux
- viewvc / viewvc
References
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=691062(Issue Tracking, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- http://osvdb.org/86566(Broken Link)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/51041(Third Party Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/51072(Third Party Advisory)
- http://viewvc.tigris.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=515(Third Party Advisory)
- http://viewvc.tigris.org/source/browse/%2Acheckout%2A/viewvc/tags/1.0.13/CHANGES
- http://viewvc.tigris.org/source/browse/%2Acheckout%2A/viewvc/tags/1.1.16/CHANGES
- http://viewvc.tigris.org/source/browse/viewvc?view=rev&revision=2792(Third Party Advisory)
- http://viewvc.tigris.org/source/browse/viewvc?view=rev&revision=2794(Third Party Advisory)
- http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2563(Third Party Advisory)
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:134(Third Party Advisory)
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/10/21/2(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/10/21/3(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56161(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/79561(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
- https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Support/Advisories/MGASA-2012-0313(Third Party Advisory)
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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