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Medium severity6.1NVD Advisory· Published Mar 15, 2017· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2017-5938

CVE-2017-5938

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.

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Affected products

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  • Viewvc/Viewvc2 versions
    cpe:2.3:a:viewvc:viewvc:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
    • cpe:2.3:a:viewvc:viewvc:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <=1.1.25
    • (no CPE)range: <1.0.14, <1.1.26
  • cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OpenSUSE/Leap2 versions
    cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:42.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
    • cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:42.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:opensuse_project:leap:42.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • osv-coords
    Range: < 1.3.0~dev20230104-1.1

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