Stored cross-site scripting in ViewVC - CVE-2023-22464
Published: January 4, 2023
Vulnerability identifier: #VU70698
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 4.8 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2023-22464
CWE-ID: CWE-79
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The disclosed vulnerability allows a remote user to perform cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient sanitization of user-supplied data in revision view changed path "copyfrom" locations. A remote user with commit privileges to a Subversion repository exposed by an otherwise trusted ViewVC instance can permanently inject and execute arbitrary HTML and script code in user's browser in context of vulnerable website.
Affected software
ViewVC
Fedora
viewvc
Fedora
viewvc
How to mitigate CVE-2023-22464
Install updates from vendor's website.
ViewVC - addressed in versions 1.1.30, 1.2.3
viewvc - update to 1.1.30-1.el7
viewvc - update to 1.1.30-1.el7