Main Vulnerability Database Vulnerabilities #VU30451

Cross-site scripting in CodeIgniter - CVE-2012-1915

Published: January 9, 2020 / Updated: July 20, 2020

Vulnerability identifier: #VU30451

CSH Severity: Low

CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N/E:P/U:Clear

CVE-ID: CVE-2012-1915

CWE-ID: CWE-79

Exploitation vector: Remote access

Exploit availability: Public exploit is available

Vendor: CodeIgniter

Affected software:
CodeIgniter

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to read and manipulate data.

EllisLab CodeIgniter 2.1.2 allows remote attackers to bypass the xss_clean() Filter and perform XSS attacks.

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