CVE-2012-4533: Debian Linux

Medium severity, CVSS 4.3. EPSS: 3.1% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the "extra" details in the DiffSource._get_row function in lib/viewvc.py in ViewVC 1.0.x before 1.0.13 and 1.1.x before 1.1.16 allows remote authenticated users with repository commit access to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the "function name" line.

Affected products

• Debian Debian Linux: version 6.0 only; version 7.0 only
• Viewvc Viewvc: from 1.0.0, before 1.0.13 (fixed in 1.0.13); from 1.1.0, before 1.1.16 (fixed in 1.1.16)

Published 2012-11-19. Last modified 2026-06-16.