Cross-site Scripting (XSS) The advisory has been revoked - it doesn't affect any version of package mediawiki (opens in a new tab)
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- published10 Sept 2020
- disclosed4 Feb 2011
Introduced: 4 Feb 2011
CVE-2011-0047 (opens in a new tab)Amendment
The Ubuntu security team deemed this advisory irrelevant for Ubuntu:16.10.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream mediawiki package and not the mediawiki package as distributed by Ubuntu.
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in MediaWiki before 1.16.2 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via crafted Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) comments, aka "CSS injection vulnerability."
References
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2011-0047
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/46108
- https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=27093
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-April/058910.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-April/059232.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-April/059235.html
- http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2011-February/000095.html
- http://osvdb.org/70770
- http://secunia.com/advisories/43142
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0273
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/65126