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title: "CVE-2013-7303\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2013-7303

Publication date 30 January 2014

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

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in (1)
squelettes-dist/formulaires/inscription.php and (2)
prive/forms/editer\_auteur.php in SPIP before 2.1.25 and 3.0.x before 3.0.13
allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the
author name field.

[Read the notes from the security team](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2013-7303?format=md#notes)

## Status

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| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| spip | 17.04 zesty | Not affected |
| 16.10 yakkety | Not affected |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Not affected |
| 15.10 wily | Not affected |
| 15.04 vivid | Not affected |
| 14.10 utopic | Not affected |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release |
| 13.10 saucy | Ignored end of life |
| 13.04 raring | Ignored end of life |
| 12.10 quantal | Ignored end of life |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Ignored end of life |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Ignored end of life |

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* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)

## Notes

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### [seth-arnold](https://launchpad.net/~seth-arnold)

Might be 'low' or 'negligible' if the author is the one to inject
the XSS and if the author is generally allowed arbitrary HTML input
somewhere else.

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2013-7303)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-7303)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2013-7303)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-7303)

### Other references

* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-7303>