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CVE-2017-5938

MEDIUM
6.1CVSS
Published: 2017-03-15
Updated: 2025-04-20
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Description

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.

CVSS Metrics

Vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Attack Vector
network
Complexity
low
Privileges
none
User Action
required
Scope
changed
Confidentiality
low
Integrity
low
Availability
none
Weaknesses
CWE-79

Metadata

Primary Vendor
DEBIAN
Published
3/15/2017
Last Modified
4/20/2025
Source
NIST NVD
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Affected Products

debian : debian_linuxopensuse : leapopensuse_project : leapviewvc : viewvc

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