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title: "CVE-2011-5221\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2011-5221

Publication date 25 October 2012

Last updated 24 July 2024

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Ubuntu priority

**Medium**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

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## Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the getLog function in
svnlook.php in WebSVN before 2.3.1 allows remote attackers to inject
arbitrary web script or HTML via the path parameter to (1) comp.php, (2)
diff.php, or (3) revision.php.

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| websvn | 13.10 saucy | Not affected |
| 13.04 raring | Not affected |
| 12.10 quantal | Not affected |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Not affected |
| 11.10 oneiric | Not affected |
| 11.04 natty | Not affected |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Ignored end of life |
| 8.04 LTS hardy | Ignored end of life |

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* [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)
* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2011-5221)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-5221)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2011-5221)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2011-5221)

### Other references

* <http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/71888>
* <http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1026438>
* <http://websvn.tigris.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=275>
* <http://st2tea.blogspot.com/2011/12/websvn-cross-site-scripting.html>
* <http://secunia.com/advisories/47288>
* <http://osvdb.org/77943>
* <http://osvdb.org/77942>
* <http://osvdb.org/77941>
* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2011-5221>