CVE-2013-0234

Impact

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Twitter widget in Elgg before 1.7.17 and 1.8.x before 1.8.13 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the params[twitter_username] parameter to action/widgets/save.

Affected products

Weakness classification

References

• NVD record
• CVE.org record
• http://blog.elgg.org/pg/blog/cash/read/223/elgg-1813-and-1717
• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/119903/Elgg-Twitter-Widget-Cross-Site-Scripting.html
• http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2013/Jan/251
• http://secunia.com/advisories/52007
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/01/29/4
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/57569
• https://github.com/Elgg/Elgg/commit/19dc507c2fccb378be2a44a762edf6c1e7afa334#L0R11
• https://github.com/Elgg/Elgg/commit/a74a88501c41e89c8bcd7fc650ae2f8cc0a5003d#L2L21
• http://blog.elgg.org/pg/blog/cash/read/223/elgg-1813-and-1717
• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/119903/Elgg-Twitter-Widget-Cross-Site-Scripting.html
• http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2013/Jan/251
• http://secunia.com/advisories/52007
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/01/29/4
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/57569
• https://github.com/Elgg/Elgg/commit/19dc507c2fccb378be2a44a762edf6c1e7afa334#L0R11
• https://github.com/Elgg/Elgg/commit/a74a88501c41e89c8bcd7fc650ae2f8cc0a5003d#L2L21