PT-2012-6163 · Yahoo · Yui

Published 2012-11-16 · Updated 2017-04-21 · CVE-2012-5882

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

4.3

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions YUI versions 2.5.0 through 2.9.0

Description A cross-site scripting (XSS) issue exists in the Flash component infrastructure, allowing remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via vectors related to uploader.swf. This is similar to a previously identified issue.

Recommendations For YUI versions 2.5.0 through 2.9.0, consider disabling the Flash component infrastructure as a temporary workaround until a patch is available. Restrict access to the uploader.swf file to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Fix

XSS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-79

Related Identifiers

CVE-2012-5882

Affected Products

Yui

References · 9

• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-5882 · Security Note
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2012-5882 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-5882 · Security Note
• http://yuilibrary.com/support/20121030-vulnerability · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2012-5882 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-5882 · Note
• http://yuiblog.com/blog/2012/10/30/security-announcement-swf-vulnerability-in-yui-2 · Note
• http://yuiblog.com/blog/2012/11/05/post-mortem-swf-vulnerability-in-yui-2 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/56385 · Note