Cross-site Scripting (XSS) The advisory has been revoked - it doesn't affect any version of package ikiwiki  (opens in a new tab)


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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1210-IKIWIKI-656306
  • published10 Sept 2020
  • disclosed11 Apr 2011

Introduced: 11 Apr 2011

CVE-2011-1401  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-79  (opens in a new tab)

Amendment

The Ubuntu security team deemed this advisory irrelevant for Ubuntu:12.10.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream ikiwiki package and not the ikiwiki package as distributed by Ubuntu.

ikiwiki before 3.20110328 does not ascertain whether the htmlscrubber plugin is enabled during processing of the "meta stylesheet" directive, which allows remote authenticated users to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via crafted Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) token sequences in (1) the default stylesheet or (2) an alternate stylesheet.