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Cross-site scripting in yui 2.4.0

Moderate severity GitHub Reviewed Published May 17, 2022 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Jan 9, 2024

Package

npm yui2 (npm)

Affected versions

>= 2.4.0, <= 2.9.0

Patched versions

None

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Flash component infrastructure in YUI 2.4.0 through 2.9.0 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via vectors related to charts.swf, a similar issue to CVE-2010-4207.

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database Nov 16, 2012
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database May 17, 2022
Reviewed Jan 9, 2024
Last updated Jan 9, 2024

Severity

Moderate

EPSS score

Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)

This score estimates the probability of this vulnerability being exploited within the next 30 days. Data provided by FIRST.
(58th percentile)

Weaknesses

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

The product does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes user-controllable input before it is placed in output that is used as a web page that is served to other users. Learn more on MITRE.

CVE ID

CVE-2012-5881

GHSA ID

GHSA-jjg9-mf63-vqrp

Source code

No known source code

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