Security advisory

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  "id": "4ed363eb09f5ebab87a639c494f951bb9c9a37bb2dca165bdaf8b31f5b7e8ed9",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-5938",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2017-5938",
    "summary": "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.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2017-5938",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "medium",
    "structured": {
      "id": "CVE-2017-5938",
      "aliases": [
        "CVE-2017-5938"
      ],
      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "repo": "https://github.com/viewvc/viewvc",
              "type": "GIT",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "0"
                },
                {
                  "last_affected": "ba223a43ee5c2ccf4c688653428355b420084b20"
                },
                {
                  "fixed": "9dcfc7daa4c940992920d3b2fbd317da20e44aad"
                },
                {
                  "fixed": "7a41618279257879335854ddd41bd7e83461d9f5"
                },
                {
                  "fixed": "a3cfc4a02c1035c463dfe61db605f65ceb86bc9f"
                }
              ],
              "database_specific": {
                "extracted_events": [
                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:viewvc:viewvc:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "0"
                      },
                      {
                        "last_affected": "1.1.25"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_RANGE"
                  },
                  {
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "fixed": "9dcfc7daa4c940992920d3b2fbd317da20e44aad"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "REFERENCES_COMMIT"
                  },
                  {
                    "range": [
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                        "fixed": "7a41618279257879335854ddd41bd7e83461d9f5"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "REFERENCES_TAG",
                    "original_tag": "1.0.14"
                  },
                  {
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "fixed": "a3cfc4a02c1035c463dfe61db605f65ceb86bc9f"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "REFERENCES_TAG",
                    "original_tag": "1.1.26"
                  }
                ]
              }
            }
          ],
          "versions": [
            "1.1.25"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2017-5938.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-20T10:47:51.745542483Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://github.com/viewvc/viewvc/releases/tag/1.0.14",
        "https://github.com/viewvc/viewvc/releases/tag/1.1.26",
        "https://github.com/viewvc/viewvc/issues/137",
        "https://github.com/viewvc/viewvc/commit/9dcfc7daa4c940992920d3b2fbd317da20e44aad"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {
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          {
            "cpes": [
              "cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"
            ],
            "vendor_product": "debian:debian_linux",
            "extracted_events": [
              {
                "range": [
                  {
                    "introduced": "8.0"
                  },
                  {
                    "last_affected": "8.0"
                  }
                ],
                "source": "CPE_STRING"
              }
            ]
          },
          {
            "cpes": [
              "cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:42.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"
            ],
            "vendor_product": "opensuse:leap",
            "extracted_events": [
              {
                "range": [
                  {
                    "introduced": "42.2"
                  },
                  {
                    "last_affected": "42.2"
                  }
                ],
                "source": "CPE_STRING"
              }
            ]
          },
          {
            "cpes": [
              "cpe:2.3:o:opensuse_project:leap:42.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"
            ],
            "vendor_product": "opensuse_project:leap",
            "extracted_events": [
              {
                "range": [
                  {
                    "introduced": "42.1"
                  },
                  {
                    "last_affected": "42.1"
                  }
                ],
                "source": "CPE_STRING"
              }
            ]
          }
        ]
      }
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2017-5938",
        "evidence": "/id"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 379780,
  "published_at": "2017-03-15T14:59:00.557+00:00"
}