CVE-2013-2209 json
Review Board Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the reviews dropdown
published 13y ago modified 4mo ago also GHSA-6g7x-4c7m-g63m , PYSEC-2026-913 , EUVD-2022-2789
- cvss
- 6.1
- version 3.1, GitHub
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 2.2%
- EPSS 2.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 82%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
Summary
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the auto-complete widget in htdocs/media/rb/js/reviews.js in Review Board 1.6.x before 1.6.17 and 1.7.x before 1.7.10 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a full name.
Patch / fix
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What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.
red hat product security vex CVE-2013-2209 updated cvss 4.3
ReviewBoard: Stored XSS due improper sanitization of user's full name in the reviews dropdown
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Red Hat All currently supported Red Hat productsnot affected: vulnerable code not present
Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf
Exploit prediction
2.18% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 82% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).
Exploits and checks
- github.com https://github.com/reviewboard/reviewboard/commit/4aaacbb1e628a80803ba1a55703db38fccdf7dbf referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
CVSS scores
| assigned by | version | score | vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVD | 2.0 | 4.3 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N |
| GitHub | 3.1 | 6.1 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N |
| OSV | 3.1 | 6.1 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N |
Affected packages
| ecosystem | package | affected | fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| pypi | reviewboard | >=1.6, <1.6.17 >=1.7, <1.7.10 |
1.6.17 1.7.10 |
Classification
- Weakness
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- CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation
References
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github.com
/reviewboard/reviewboard/commit/4aaacbb1e628a80803ba1a55703db38fccdf7dbf
web, exploit, patch
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reviewboard.org
/news/2013/06/22/review-board-1617-and-1710-released/
vendor-advisory
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tripwire.com
/state-of-security/vulnerability-management/vulnerabilities-its-time-to-review-your-reviewboard
web
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bugzilla.redhat.com
/show_bug.cgi?id=977423
web
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openwall.com
/lists/oss-security/2013/06/24/2
mailing-list, web
- reviewboard.org /docs/releasenotes/reviewboard/1.6.17/
- reviewboard.org /docs/releasenotes/reviewboard/1.7.10/
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nvd.nist.gov
/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-2209
advisory
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github.com
/reviewboard/reviewboard
package
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reviewboard.org
/docs/releasenotes/reviewboard/1.6.17
web
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reviewboard.org
/docs/releasenotes/reviewboard/1.7.10
web
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reviewboard.org
/news/2013/06/22/review-board-1617-and-1710-released
web
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pypi.org
/project/reviewboard
package
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github.com
/advisories/GHSA-6g7x-4c7m-g63m
advisory
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2013-2209
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-6g7x-4c7m-g63m
- NVD CVE-2013-2209
- OSV PYSEC-2026-913
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