---
id: CVE-2013-2209
aliases:
  - GHSA-6g7x-4c7m-g63m
  - PYSEC-2026-913
title: Review Board Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the reviews dropdown
summary: Review Board Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the reviews dropdown
severity: medium
cvss: 6.1
cvssVector: 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N'
vendor: reviewboard
product: reviewboard
ecosystem: pip
affected:
  - 'reviewboard >= 1.6, < 1.6.17'
  - 'reviewboard >= 1.7, < 1.7.10'
patched:
  - reviewboard 1.6.17
  - reviewboard 1.7.10
published: '2022-05-17'
updated: '2026-07-07'
source: OSV
sourceUrl: 'https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-6g7x-4c7m-g63m'
references:
  - url: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-2209'
  - url: >-
      https://github.com/reviewboard/reviewboard/commit/4aaacbb1e628a80803ba1a55703db38fccdf7dbf
  - url: 'https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=977423'
  - url: 'https://github.com/reviewboard/reviewboard'
  - url: 'http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/06/24/2'
  - url: 'http://www.reviewboard.org/docs/releasenotes/reviewboard/1.6.17'
  - url: 'http://www.reviewboard.org/docs/releasenotes/reviewboard/1.7.10'
  - url: >-
      http://www.reviewboard.org/news/2013/06/22/review-board-1617-and-1710-released
  - url: >-
      http://www.tripwire.com/state-of-security/vulnerability-management/vulnerabilities-its-time-to-review-your-reviewboard
tags:
  - osv
  - pip
epss: 0.02182
epssPercentile: 0.81363
ingestedAt: '2026-07-08T18:25:46.459Z'
---

## Overview

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.

## Affected packages

- `reviewboard >= 1.6, < 1.6.17`
- `reviewboard >= 1.7, < 1.7.10`

## Remediation

Upgrade to a patched release:

- `reviewboard 1.6.17`
- `reviewboard 1.7.10`