Cross-site scripting in CodeIgniter - CVE-2012-1915
Published: January 9, 2020 / Updated: July 20, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU30451
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 5.1 [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]
CVE-ID: CVE-2012-1915
CWE-ID: CWE-79
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
Public exploit is available
Vulnerability details
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.
Affected software
CodeIgniter
How to mitigate CVE-2012-1915
Install update from vendor's website.
CodeIgniter - update to 2.1.2