Cross-site Scripting (XSS) Affecting dokuwiki package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.11% (45th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1604-DOKUWIKI-309720
  • published21 Aug 2017
  • disclosed21 Aug 2017

Introduced: 21 Aug 2017

CVE-2017-12979  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-79  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for Ubuntu:16.04 dokuwiki.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream dokuwiki package and not the dokuwiki package as distributed by Ubuntu. See How to fix? for Ubuntu:16.04 relevant fixed versions and status.

DokuWiki through 2017-02-19c has stored XSS when rendering a malicious language name in a code element, in /inc/parser/xhtml.php. An attacker can create or edit a wiki with this element to trigger JavaScript execution.