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TI-2012-03873 Aliases CVE-2012-4533GHSA-6cx5-w8wc-hcvh

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the "extra" details in the…

Priority LOW 26CWE-79Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
— Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
Attack complexity
Medium
Impact type
Cross-site scripting
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
None · Partial · None
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-79.

Summary

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.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.03085 87th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 3

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:viewvc:viewvc:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.0.0 to before 1.0.13; 1.1.0 to before 1.1.16Vulnerableviewvc
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*6.0VulnerableDebian
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*7.0VulnerableDebian
  • cpe:2.3:a:viewvc:viewvc:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.0.0 to before 1.0.13; 1.1.0 to before 1.1.16 Vulnerable ·viewvc
  • cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 6.0 Vulnerable ·Debian
  • cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 7.0 Vulnerable ·Debian

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

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Not affected: 1 product
  • Red Hat

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2012-4533
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-6cx5-w8wc-hcvh

References

Advisory 9

Other 3

Sources

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