CVE-2012-0979

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2012-02-02 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-79

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in TWiki allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the organization field in a profile, involving (1) registration or (2) editing of the user.

Affected products

Twiki: 5.1.1

References

http://osvdb.org/78664
http://packetstormsecurity.org/files/109246/twiki-xss.txt
http://secunia.com/advisories/47784
http://st2tea.blogspot.com/2012/01/cross-site-scripting-twiki.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/51731
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1026604
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/72821
http://osvdb.org/78664
http://packetstormsecurity.org/files/109246/twiki-xss.txt
http://secunia.com/advisories/47784
http://st2tea.blogspot.com/2012/01/cross-site-scripting-twiki.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/51731

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