CVE-2013-4891

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Description

The xss_clean function in CodeIgniter before 2.1.4 might allow remote attackers to bypass an intended protection mechanism and conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via an unclosed HTML tag.

References

https://www.codeigniter.com/userguide2/changelog.html

https://nealpoole.com/blog/2013/07/codeigniter-21-xss-clean-filter-bypass/

https://github.com/bcit-ci/CodeIgniter/issues/4020

https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2013-4736

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2018-02-21

Updated: 2024-11-21

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 4.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 6.1

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N