CVE-2012-0979 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in TWiki allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the organization field in a profile, involving (1) registration or (2) editing of the user.

Published: 2012-02-02

Score: 4.3 Medium

EPSS: 2.1% Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:twiki:twiki:-:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:twiki:twiki:5.1.1:::::::*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2012-1002	Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in TWiki allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the organization field in a profile, involving (1) registration or (2) editing of the user.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.02133.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://osvdb.org/78664
http://packetstormsecurity.org/files/109246/twiki-xss.txt
http://secunia.com/advisories/47784
http://st2tea.blogspot.com/2012/01/cross-site-scripting-twiki.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/51731
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1026604
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/72821

History

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Subscriptions

Twiki Twiki

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2012-02-02T17:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-06T18:45:25.898Z

Reserved: 2012-02-02T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2012-0979

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2012-02-02T17:55:01.333

Modified: 2026-06-16T23:38:36.150

Link: CVE-2012-0979

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-79
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

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