CVE-2012-6131: Roundup Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability

CVE-2012-6131 · Severity: medium · CVSS 4 · Published 2014-04-11

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in cgi/client.py in Roundup before 1.4.20 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the @action parameter to support/issue1.

Technologies: roundup (PyPI). Vendors: PyPI.

Quick answers

Is CVE-2012-6131 exploited in the wild?
No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2012-6131 being exploited in the wild.
How severe is CVE-2012-6131?
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-2012-6131?
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-2012-6131?
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
    pip install "roundup>=1.4.20"

Affected products

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

Identifiers

  • CVE-2012-6131
  • GHSA-gw2q-cgvq-9g3v
  • PYSEC-2014-16

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