01 Record
CVE-2012-6561
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in engine/lib/views.php in Elgg before 1.8.5 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the view parameter to index.php. NOTE: some of
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 Description
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in engine/lib/views.php in Elgg before 1.8.5 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the view parameter to index.php. NOTE: some of
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 1.18% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 67.7% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2013-05-23 15:00Z13 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-06 21:36Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2013-05-23
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-79Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')Base
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 21b2e3b36af0e76a6cf38a8f971dc426c69b549a83cf287172a4e8c8503c68e9
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- blog.elgg.orghttp://blog.elgg.org/pg/blog/evan/read/209/elgg-185-released
- secunia.com49129http://secunia.com/advisories/49129
- elgg.orghttp://elgg.org/getelgg.php?forward=elgg-1.8.5.zip
- www.securityfocus.com53623http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53623
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comelgg-index-xss(75756)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/75756