CVE-2013-4939 json
Cross-Site Scripting in yui
published 13y ago modified 4mo ago also GHSA-mj87-8xf8-fp4w , EUVD-2020-1179
- cvss
- 4.3
- version 2.0, NVD
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 1.5%
- EPSS 1.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 74%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
Summary
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in io.swf in the IO Utility component in Yahoo! YUI 3.0.0 through 3.9.1, as used in Moodle through 2.1.10, 2.2.x before 2.2.11, 2.3.x before 2.3.8, 2.4.x before 2.4.5, 2.5.x before 2.5.1, and other products, allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a crafted string in a URL.
Patch / fix
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red hat product security vex CVE-2013-4939 updated cvss 4.3
moodle: upstream 2.5.1, 2.4.5, 2.3.8, 2.2.11 security fixes
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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
1.49% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 74% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).
CVSS scores
| assigned by | version | score | vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVD | 2.0 | 4.3 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N |
Affected packages
| ecosystem | package | affected | fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| npm | yui | <3.10.3 |
3.10.3 |
Classification
- Weakness
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- CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation
References
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yuilibrary.com
/support/20130515-vulnerability/
patch, vendor-advisory
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moodle.org
/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=232496
web, vendor-advisory
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git.moodle.org
/gw?p=moodle.git&a=search&h=HEAD&st=commit&s=MDL-39678
web
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lists.apache.org
/thread.html/d8b9403dbab85a51255614949938b619bd03b1c944c76c48c6996a0e%40%3Cdev.zookeeper.apache.org%3E
mailing-list
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lists.apache.org
/thread.html/72837f969cdf9b63a7e7337edd069fa3b3950eea7c997cc2ff61aa0c%40%3Cissues.zookeeper.apache.org%3E
mailing-list
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nvd.nist.gov
/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-4939
advisory
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lists.apache.org
/thread.html/72837f969cdf9b63a7e7337edd069fa3b3950eea7c997cc2ff61aa0c@%3Cissues.zookeeper.apache.org%3E
web
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lists.apache.org
/thread.html/d8b9403dbab85a51255614949938b619bd03b1c944c76c48c6996a0e@%3Cdev.zookeeper.apache.org%3E
web
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npmjs.com
/advisories/332
web
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yuilibrary.com
/support/20130515-vulnerability
web
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yuilibrary.com
/support/20130515-vulnerability
web
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2013-4939
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-mj87-8xf8-fp4w
- NVD CVE-2013-4939
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