CVE-2017-5938

Publication date 15 March 2017

Last updated 25 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the nav_path function in lib/viewvc.py in ViewVC before 1.0.14 and 1.1.x before 1.1.26 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the nav_data name.

Status

Show unmaintained releases

Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
viewvc	17.04 zesty	Not affected
	16.10 yakkety	Fixed 1.1.22-1+deb8u1build0.16.10.1
	16.04 LTS xenial	Fixed 1.1.22-1+deb8u1build0.16.04.1
	14.04 LTS trusty	Fixed 1.1.5-1.4+deb7u1build0.14.04.1
	12.04 LTS precise	Ignored end of life

Severity score breakdown

CVSS version: CVSS v3.0

Base score 6.1 · Medium

Base metrics

Parameter	Value
Attack vector	Network
Attack complexity	Low
Privileges required	None
User interaction	Required
Scope	Changed
Confidentiality impact	Low
Integrity impact	Low
Availability impact	None

Scores

Parameter	Value
Base score	6.1 · Medium
Exploitability score	-
Impact score	-

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

CVE-2017-5938

Cvss 3 Severity Score

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