CVE-2023-22464

ViewVC is a browser interface for CVS and Subversion version control repositories. Versions prior to 1.2.3 and 1.1.30 are vulnerable to cross-site scripting. The impact of this vulnerability is mitigated by the need for an attacker to have commit privileges to a Subversion repository exposed by an otherwise trusted ViewVC instance. The attack vector involves files with unsafe names (names that, when embedded into an HTML stream, would cause the browser to run unwanted code), which themselves can be challenging to create. Users should update to at least version 1.2.3 (if they are using a 1.2.x version of ViewVC) or 1.1.30 (if they are using a 1.1.x version). ViewVC 1.0.x is no longer supported, so users of that release lineage should implement one of the following workarounds. Users can edit their ViewVC EZT view templates to manually HTML-escape changed path "copyfrom paths" during rendering. Locate in your template set's `revision.ezt` file references to those changed paths, and wrap them with `[format "html"]` and `[end]`. For most users, that means that references to `[changes.copy_path]` will become `[format "html"][changes.copy_path][end]`. (This workaround should be reverted after upgrading to a patched version of ViewVC, else "copyfrom path" names will be doubly escaped.)
References
Link Resource
https://github.com/viewvc/viewvc/issues/311 Exploit Issue Tracking Mitigation Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/viewvc/viewvc/releases/tag/1.1.30 Release Notes Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/viewvc/viewvc/releases/tag/1.2.3 Release Notes Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/viewvc/viewvc/security/advisories/GHSA-jvpj-293q-q53h Mitigation Third Party Advisory
Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR cpe:2.3:a:viewvc:viewvc:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:viewvc:viewvc:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

07 Nov 2023, 04:06

Type Values Removed Values Added
Summary ViewVC is a browser interface for CVS and Subversion version control repositories. Versions prior to 1.2.3 and 1.1.30 are vulnerable to cross-site scripting. The impact of this vulnerability is mitigated by the need for an attacker to have commit privileges to a Subversion repository exposed by an otherwise trusted ViewVC instance. The attack vector involves files with unsafe names (names that, when embedded into an HTML stream, would cause the browser to run unwanted code), which themselves can be challenging to create. Users should update to at least version 1.2.3 (if they are using a 1.2.x version of ViewVC) or 1.1.30 (if they are using a 1.1.x version). ViewVC 1.0.x is no longer supported, so users of that release lineage should implement one of the following workarounds. Users can edit their ViewVC EZT view templates to manually HTML-escape changed path "copyfrom paths" during rendering. Locate in your template set's `revision.ezt` file references to those changed paths, and wrap them with `[format "html"]` and `[end]`. For most users, that means that references to `[changes.copy_path]` will become `[format "html"][changes.copy_path][end]`. (This workaround should be reverted after upgrading to a patched version of ViewVC, else "copyfrom path" names will be doubly escaped.) ViewVC is a browser interface for CVS and Subversion version control repositories. Versions prior to 1.2.3 and 1.1.30 are vulnerable to cross-site scripting. The impact of this vulnerability is mitigated by the need for an attacker to have commit privileges to a Subversion repository exposed by an otherwise trusted ViewVC instance. The attack vector involves files with unsafe names (names that, when embedded into an HTML stream, would cause the browser to run unwanted code), which themselves can be challenging to create. Users should update to at least version 1.2.3 (if they are using a 1.2.x version of ViewVC) or 1.1.30 (if they are using a 1.1.x version). ViewVC 1.0.x is no longer supported, so users of that release lineage should implement one of the following workarounds. Users can edit their ViewVC EZT view templates to manually HTML-escape changed path "copyfrom paths" during rendering. Locate in your template set's `revision.ezt` file references to those changed paths, and wrap them with `[format "html"]` and `[end]`. For most users, that means that references to `[changes.copy_path]` will become `[format "html"][changes.copy_path][end]`. (This workaround should be reverted after upgrading to a patched version of ViewVC, else "copyfrom path" names will be doubly escaped.)

11 Jan 2023, 16:03

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time Viewvc
Viewvc viewvc
CWE CWE-80
CVSS v2 : unknown
v3 : unknown
v2 : unknown
v3 : 5.4
CPE cpe:2.3:a:viewvc:viewvc:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
References (MISC) https://github.com/viewvc/viewvc/issues/311 - (MISC) https://github.com/viewvc/viewvc/issues/311 - Exploit, Issue Tracking, Mitigation, Third Party Advisory
References (MISC) https://github.com/viewvc/viewvc/security/advisories/GHSA-jvpj-293q-q53h - (MISC) https://github.com/viewvc/viewvc/security/advisories/GHSA-jvpj-293q-q53h - Mitigation, Third Party Advisory
References (MISC) https://github.com/viewvc/viewvc/releases/tag/1.1.30 - (MISC) https://github.com/viewvc/viewvc/releases/tag/1.1.30 - Release Notes, Third Party Advisory
References (MISC) https://github.com/viewvc/viewvc/releases/tag/1.2.3 - (MISC) https://github.com/viewvc/viewvc/releases/tag/1.2.3 - Release Notes, Third Party Advisory

04 Jan 2023, 17:42

Type Values Removed Values Added
New CVE

Information

Published : 2023-01-04 16:15

Updated : 2023-12-10 14:48


NVD link : CVE-2023-22464

Mitre link : CVE-2023-22464

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2023-22464


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Products Affected

viewvc

  • viewvc
CWE
CWE-79

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

CWE-80

Improper Neutralization of Script-Related HTML Tags in a Web Page (Basic XSS)