Elgg up to 1.8.4 engine/lib/views.php view cross site scripting
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A vulnerability was found in Elgg. It has been declared as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality in the library engine/lib/views.php. The manipulation of the argument view
with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-79. The product does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes user-controllable input before it is placed in output that is used as a web page that is served to other users. As an impact it is known to affect integrity. The summary by CVE is:
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in engine/lib/views.php in Elgg before 1.8.5 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the view parameter to index.php. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.
The weakness was disclosed 05/23/2013 by Mike with Qualys (Website). The advisory is shared at elgg.org. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2012-6561 since 05/23/2013. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Technical details are known, but no exploit is available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1059.007 for this issue.
By approaching the search of inurl:engine/lib/views.php it is possible to find vulnerable targets with Google Hacking. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 59656 (Elgg index.php view Parameter XSS), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family CGI abuses : XSS and running in the context r.
Upgrading to version 1.8.3 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published before and not just after the disclosure of the vulnerability.
The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (75756) and Tenable (59656). The entries 64179 and 64178 are pretty similar.
Product
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- 1.7.0
- 1.7.1
- 1.7.2
- 1.7.3
- 1.7.4
- 1.7.5
- 1.7.6
- 1.7.7
- 1.7.8
- 1.7.9
- 1.7.10
- 1.7.11
- 1.7.12
- 1.7.13
- 1.7.14
- 1.7.15
- 1.7.16
- 1.7.17
- 1.7.18
- 1.8.0.1
- 1.8.1
- 1.8.3
- 1.8.4
CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
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VulDB Meta Base Score: 4.3VulDB Meta Temp Score: 4.1
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Class: Cross site scriptingCWE: CWE-79 / CWE-74 / CWE-707
ATT&CK: T1059.007
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Remote: Yes
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Nessus ID: 59656
Nessus Name: Elgg index.php view Parameter XSS
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Upgrade: Elgg 1.8.3
Timeline
05/19/2012 🔍05/21/2012 🔍
06/22/2012 🔍
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Sources
Advisory: elgg.orgResearcher: Mike
Organization: Qualys
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2012-6561 (🔍)
X-Force: 75756
SecurityFocus: 53623 - Elgg Cross Site Scripting and Multiple Security Bypass Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 49129
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Entry
Created: 03/24/2015 15:54Updated: 05/03/2019 06:43
Changes: 03/24/2015 15:54 (61), 05/03/2019 06:43 (5)
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