CVE-2013-0234

N/A Unknown

Published: February 02, 2014 Modified: April 29, 2026

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Twitter widget in Elgg before 1.7.17 and 1.8.x before 1.8.13 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the params[twitter_username] parameter to action/widgets/save.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory

http://blog.elgg.org/pg/blog/cash/read/223/elgg-1813-and-1717

Source: secalert@redhat.com

http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/119903/Elgg-Twitter-Widget-Cross-Site-Scripting.html

Source: secalert@redhat.com

http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2013/Jan/251

Source: secalert@redhat.com

http://secunia.com/advisories/52007

Source: secalert@redhat.com

Vendor Advisory

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/01/29/4

Source: secalert@redhat.com

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/57569

Source: secalert@redhat.com

https://github.com/Elgg/Elgg/commit/19dc507c2fccb378be2a44a762edf6c1e7afa334#L0R11

Source: secalert@redhat.com

Exploit Patch

https://github.com/Elgg/Elgg/commit/a74a88501c41e89c8bcd7fc650ae2f8cc0a5003d#L2L21

Source: secalert@redhat.com

http://blog.elgg.org/pg/blog/cash/read/223/elgg-1813-and-1717