{"id":"CVE-2017-5938","state":"PUBLISHED","title":"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 s","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.","publishedAt":"2017-03-15T14:00:00.000Z","updatedAt":"2024-08-05T15:18:49.281Z","severity":null,"assigner":"mitre","products":["n/a n/a"],"affected":[{"vendor":"n/a","product":"n/a","versions":[{"version":"n/a","status":"affected"}]}],"references":["https://github.com/viewvc/viewvc/releases/tag/1.0.14","https://github.com/viewvc/viewvc/issues/137","http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96185","https://github.com/viewvc/viewvc/commit/9dcfc7daa4c940992920d3b2fbd317da20e44aad","https://github.com/viewvc/viewvc/releases/tag/1.1.26","http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/02/09/6","http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3784","http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2017-02/msg00082.html"],"weaknesses":[],"ingestedAt":"2026-10-29T19:43:49.051Z","source":{"repository":"CVEProject/cvelistV5","path":"cves/2017/5xxx/CVE-2017-5938.json","commit":"556c9d3a8cd17e218bb8e452ba7cd619a384ff47"},"raw":{"dataType":"CVE_RECORD","dataVersion":"5.1","cveMetadata":{"cveId":"CVE-2017-5938","state":"PUBLISHED","datePublished":"2017-03-15T14:00:00.000Z","dateUpdated":"2024-08-05T15:18:49.281Z","assignerShortName":"mitre","assignerOrgId":"8254265b-2729-46b6-b9e3-3dfca2d5bfca","dateReserved":"2017-02-08T00:00:00.000Z"},"containers":{"cna":{"descriptions":[{"lang":"en","value":"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."}],"affected":[{"vendor":"n/a","product":"n/a","versions":[{"version":"n/a","status":"affected"}]}],"references":[{"url":"https://github.com/viewvc/viewvc/releases/tag/1.0.14","tags":["x_refsource_CONFIRM"]},{"url":"https://github.com/viewvc/viewvc/issues/137","tags":["x_refsource_CONFIRM"]},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96185","name":"96185","tags":["vdb-entry","x_refsource_BID"]},{"url":"https://github.com/viewvc/viewvc/commit/9dcfc7daa4c940992920d3b2fbd317da20e44aad","tags":["x_refsource_CONFIRM"]},{"url":"https://github.com/viewvc/viewvc/releases/tag/1.1.26","tags":["x_refsource_CONFIRM"]},{"url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/02/09/6","name":"[oss-security] 20170208 Re: CVE request: XSS in viewvc","tags":["mailing-list","x_refsource_MLIST"]},{"url":"http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3784","name":"DSA-3784","tags":["vendor-advisory","x_refsource_DEBIAN"]},{"url":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2017-02/msg00082.html","name":"openSUSE-SU-2017:0501","tags":["vendor-advisory","x_refsource_SUSE"]}],"problemTypes":[{"descriptions":[{"description":"n/a","lang":"en","type":"text"}]}],"providerMetadata":{"shortName":"mitre","dateUpdated":"2017-05-07T20:57:01.000Z","orgId":"8254265b-2729-46b6-b9e3-3dfca2d5bfca"},"datePublic":"2017-01-24T00:00:00.000Z","x_legacyV4Record":{"CVE_data_meta":{"ASSIGNER":"cve@mitre.org","ID":"CVE-2017-5938","STATE":"PUBLIC"},"affects":{"vendor":{"vendor_data":[{"product":{"product_data":[{"product_name":"n/a","version":{"version_data":[{"version_value":"n/a"}]}}]},"vendor_name":"n/a"}]}},"data_format":"MITRE","data_type":"CVE","data_version":"4.0","description":{"description_data":[{"lang":"eng","value":"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."}]},"problemtype":{"problemtype_data":[{"description":[{"lang":"eng","value":"n/a"}]}]},"references":{"reference_data":[{"name":"https://github.com/viewvc/viewvc/releases/tag/1.0.14","refsource":"CONFIRM","url":"https://github.com/viewvc/viewvc/releases/tag/1.0.14"},{"name":"https://github.com/viewvc/viewvc/issues/137","refsource":"CONFIRM","url":"https://github.com/viewvc/viewvc/issues/137"},{"name":"96185","refsource":"BID","url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96185"},{"name":"https://github.com/viewvc/viewvc/commit/9dcfc7daa4c940992920d3b2fbd317da20e44aad","refsource":"CONFIRM","url":"https://github.com/viewvc/viewvc/commit/9dcfc7daa4c940992920d3b2fbd317da20e44aad"},{"name":"https://github.com/viewvc/viewvc/releases/tag/1.1.26","refsource":"CONFIRM","url":"https://github.com/viewvc/viewvc/releases/tag/1.1.26"},{"name":"[oss-security] 20170208 Re: CVE request: XSS in viewvc","refsource":"MLIST","url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/02/09/6"},{"name":"DSA-3784","refsource":"DEBIAN","url":"http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3784"},{"name":"openSUSE-SU-2017:0501","refsource":"SUSE","url":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2017-02/msg00082.html"}]}}},"adp":[{"title":"CVE Program Container","references":[{"url":"https://github.com/viewvc/viewvc/releases/tag/1.0.14","tags":["x_refsource_CONFIRM","x_transferred"]},{"url":"https://github.com/viewvc/viewvc/issues/137","tags":["x_refsource_CONFIRM","x_transferred"]},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96185","name":"96185","tags":["vdb-entry","x_refsource_BID","x_transferred"]},{"url":"https://github.com/viewvc/viewvc/commit/9dcfc7daa4c940992920d3b2fbd317da20e44aad","tags":["x_refsource_CONFIRM","x_transferred"]},{"url":"https://github.com/viewvc/viewvc/releases/tag/1.1.26","tags":["x_refsource_CONFIRM","x_transferred"]},{"url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/02/09/6","name":"[oss-security] 20170208 Re: CVE request: XSS in viewvc","tags":["mailing-list","x_refsource_MLIST","x_transferred"]},{"url":"http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3784","name":"DSA-3784","tags":["vendor-advisory","x_refsource_DEBIAN","x_transferred"]},{"url":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2017-02/msg00082.html","name":"openSUSE-SU-2017:0501","tags":["vendor-advisory","x_refsource_SUSE","x_transferred"]}],"providerMetadata":{"shortName":"CVE","orgId":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108","dateUpdated":"2024-08-05T15:18:49.281Z"}}]}}}