Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in engine/lib/views.php in Elgg before 1.8.5 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the view parameter to index.php. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/75756
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53623
http://secunia.com/advisories/49129
http://elgg.org/getelgg.php?forward=elgg-1.8.5.zip
http://blog.elgg.org/pg/blog/evan/read/209/elgg-185-released