Description
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.
References
- 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
- https://github.com/Elgg/Elgg/commit/a74a88501c41e89c8bcd7fc650ae2f8cc0a5003d#L2L21
- 20130129 XSS in Elgg 1.8.12, 1.7.16 (core module "Twitter widget") mailing-list
- https://github.com/Elgg/Elgg/commit/19dc507c2fccb378be2a44a762edf6c1e7afa334#L0R11
- [oss-security] 20130128 Re: CVE Request: XSS in Elgg 1.8.12, 1.7.16 (core module "Twitter widget") mailing-list
- 52007 third-party-advisory
- 57569 vdb-entry