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 these details are obtained from third party information.

Remediation

References

CVE-2012-6561

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Severity

Medium

Classification

CVE-2012-6561 CWE-707

Tags

Missing Update Known Vulnerabilities