CVE-2013-4891 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

The xss_clean function in CodeIgniter before 2.1.4 might allow remote attackers to bypass an intended protection mechanism and conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via an unclosed HTML tag.

Published: 2018-02-21

Score: 6.1 Medium

EPSS: 1.5% Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:codeigniter:codeigniter:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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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-2013-4736	The xss_clean function in CodeIgniter before 2.1.4 might allow remote attackers to bypass an intended protection mechanism and conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via an unclosed HTML tag.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

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 0.01452.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://github.com/bcit-ci/CodeIgniter/issues/4020
https://nealpoole.com/blog/2013/07/codeigniter-21-xss-clean-filter-bypass/
https://www.codeigniter.com/userguide2/changelog.html

History

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Subscriptions

Codeigniter Codeigniter

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2018-02-21T16:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-06T16:59:41.043Z

Reserved: 2013-07-24T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2013-4891

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2018-02-21T16:29:00.190

Modified: 2026-06-16T23:58:04.373

Link: CVE-2013-4891

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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