Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Twitter widget in Elgg before 1.7.17 and 1.8.x before 1.8.13 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the params[twitter_username] parameter to action/widgets/save
Published Feb 2, 2014
4.3
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 1.46%
Description
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Twitter widget in Elgg before 1.7.17 and 1.8.x before 1.8.13 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the params[twitter_username] parameter to action/widgets/save.
Affected products
No data.
Configuration 1
- 1.8.0.1
- 1.8.1
- 1.8.3
- 1.8.4
- 1.8.5
- 1.8.6
- 1.8.7
- 1.8.8
- 1.8.9
- 1.8.10
- 1.8.11
- 1.8.12
Configuration 2
- ≤ 1.7.16
- 1.7.0
- 1.7.1
- 1.7.2
- 1.7.3
- 1.7.4
- 1.7.5
- 1.7.6
- 1.7.7
- 1.7.8
- 1.7.9
- 1.7.10
- 1.7.11
- 1.7.12
- 1.7.13
- 1.7.14
- 1.7.15
- 1.7.18
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 3, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (11 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 3, 2026 | 1.46% (0.01457) | 72.60th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 1.46% (0.01457) | 70.00th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.55% (0.00545) | 65.79th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.28% (0.00280) | 69.24th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 8, 2024 | 0.28% (0.00280) | 67.47th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Sep 15, 2023 | 0.28% (0.00280) | 64.57th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.29% (0.00285) | 63.74th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.41% (0.01408) | 72.89th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Mar 2, 2023 | 1.41% (0.01408) | 72.88th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.41% (0.01408) | 70.87th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.41% (0.01408) | 49.94th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (8)
- http://blog.elgg.org/pg/blog/cash/read/223/elgg-1813-and-1717 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/119903/Elgg-Twitter-Widget-Cross-Site-Scripting.html x_refsource_MISC
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2013/Jan/251 mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISC
- http://secunia.com/advisories/52007 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/01/29/4 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/57569 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- https://github.com/Elgg/Elgg/commit/19dc507c2fccb378be2a44a762edf6c1e7afa334#L0R11 x_refsource_CONFIRMExploitPatch
- https://github.com/Elgg/Elgg/commit/a74a88501c41e89c8bcd7fc650ae2f8cc0a5003d#L2L21 x_refsource_CONFIRM
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://blog.elgg.org/pg/blog/cash/read/223/elgg-1813-and-1717 | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/119903/Elgg-Twitter-Widget-Cross-Site-Scripting.html | x_refsource_MISC | |
| http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2013/Jan/251 | mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISC | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/52007 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory | |
| http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/01/29/4 | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/57569 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID | |
| https://github.com/Elgg/Elgg/commit/19dc507c2fccb378be2a44a762edf6c1e7afa334#L0R11 | x_refsource_CONFIRMExploitPatch | |
| https://github.com/Elgg/Elgg/commit/a74a88501c41e89c8bcd7fc650ae2f8cc0a5003d#L2L21 | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
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