CVE-2012-0979

Severity Score

6.1

*CVSS v3

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in TWiki allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the organization field in a profile, involving (1) registration or (2) editing of the user.

Una vulnerabilidad de ejecución de comandos en sitios cruzados (XSS) en TWiki permite a atacantes remotos inyectar secuencias de comandos web o HTML a través del campo 'organización' en un perfil, con la participación de un usuario mediante su (1) registro o (2) la edición de su perfil.

*Credits: N/A

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Changed

Confidentiality

Low

Integrity

Low

Availability

None

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Medium

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

Partial

Availability

None

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2012-02-02 CVE Reserved
2012-02-02 CVE Published
2024-08-06 CVE Updated
2024-08-06 First Exploit
2025-03-30 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date

CWE

CWE-79: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

CAPEC

References (7)

URL	Tag	Source
http://osvdb.org/78664	Vdb Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/51731	Vdb Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1026604	Vdb Entry
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/72821	Vdb Entry

URL	Date	SRC
http://packetstormsecurity.org/files/109246/twiki-xss.txt	2024-08-06
http://st2tea.blogspot.com/2012/01/cross-site-scripting-twiki.html	2024-08-06

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
http://secunia.com/advisories/47784	2017-08-29

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Twiki Search vendor "Twiki"		Twiki Search vendor "Twiki" for product "Twiki"				-		-		Affected
Twiki Search vendor "Twiki"		Twiki Search vendor "Twiki" for product "Twiki"				5.1.1 Search vendor "Twiki" for product "Twiki" and version "5.1.1"		-		Affected