# CVE-2012-6130: Roundup Cross-site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability

Source: https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2012-6130-roundup-cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerability  
Publisher: Junglewise Threat Intelligence, https://junglewise.ai/threats  
Published: 2014-04-11  
License: CC BY 4.0 with a link back

CVE-2012-6130 · Severity: medium · CVSS 4 · Published 2014-04-11

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the history display in Roundup before 1.4.20 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a username, related to generating a link.

Technologies: [roundup (PyPI)](https://junglewise.ai/threats/technologies/roundup). Vendors: [PyPI](https://junglewise.ai/threats/vendors/pypi).

## Quick answers

**Is CVE-2012-6130 exploited in the wild?** No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2012-6130 being exploited in the wild.

**How severe is CVE-2012-6130?** Medium severity, with a CVSS score of 4, published 11 April 2014.

**Which products and versions are affected?** roundup (PyPI) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=0,fixed=1.4.20.

**Is there a fix for CVE-2012-6130?** Yes. roundup (PyPI): upgrade to 1.4.20 or later. Junglewise finds every place you run it, drafts the upgrade and applies it once you approve.

**Am I affected by CVE-2012-6130?** Check whether you run roundup (PyPI) at an affected version. Junglewise does that check for you around the clock: connect your code, cloud and domains, and it matches new vulnerabilities like this one against what you actually run and tells you when one reaches you.

## How to fix

- roundup (PyPI): upgrade to 1.4.20 or later

  ```sh
  pip install "roundup>=1.4.20"
  ```


## Affected products

- roundup (PyPI) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=0,fixed=1.4.20

## Identifiers

- CVE-2012-6130
- GHSA-mccq-3m7h-fjxg
- PYSEC-2014-15

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