CVE-2013-1844 Piwik (now Matomo) Vulnerable to Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)

What is CVE-2013-1844?

CVE-2013-1844 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in n/a, published on 21 Mar 2013. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Piwik before 1.11 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via unspecified vectors.

Weakness: CWE-79

Which versions are affected by CVE-2013-1844?

4 open source packages ship an affected version, including matomo/matomo and piwik/piwik. It affects 1 product.

Products include Matomo Matomo.

How do I fix CVE-2013-1844?

Upgrade matomo/matomo to 1.11 or later.

Escape output for the context it lands in and set a strict Content Security Policy. Upgrading the affected component is the real fix. More about Cross-site scripting.

Is CVE-2013-1844 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2013-1844 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in n/a

• CVE-2015-7815 Path traversal in n/a High 7.5
• CVE-2015-7816 Deserialization in n/a High 7.5
• CVE-2009-4137 Deserialization in n/a High 7.5
• CVE-2009-4140 File upload in n/a High 7.5
• CVE-2011-4941 Piwik (now Matomo) Vulnerable to Arbitrary Code Execution Medium 6.8

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as GHSA-5fpj-6vq6-fmwh.