Cross-site Scripting (XSS) Affecting pluxml package, versions <5.6-1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.21% (44th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN10-PLUXML-264544
  • published1 Nov 2017
  • disclosed1 Nov 2017

Introduced: 1 Nov 2017

CVE-2017-1001001  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-79  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:10 pluxml to version 5.6-1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream pluxml package and not the pluxml package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:10 relevant fixed versions and status.

PluXml version 5.6 is vulnerable to stored cross-site scripting vulnerability, within the article creation page, which can result in escalation of privileges.