Cross-site scripting in TWiki - CVE-2012-0979
Published: February 2, 2012 / Updated: August 11, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU44344
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2012-0979
CWE-ID: CWE-79
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: TWiki.org
Affected software:
TWiki
TWiki
Detailed vulnerability description
Vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform Cross-site scripting attacks.
An input validation error exists in TWiki when processing organization field in a profile, involving (1) registration or (2) editing of the user. Per: http://secunia.com/advisories/47784 . A remote attacker can trick the victim to follow a specially crafted link and execute arbitrary HTML and script code in victim's browser in security context of vulnerable website.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow a remote attacker to steal potentially sensitive information, change appearance of the web page, perform phishing and drive-by-download attacks.
How to mitigate CVE-2012-0979
Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability.
Sources
- 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