The checkCss function in includes/Sanitizer.php in the wikitext parser in MediaWiki before 1.16.3 does not properly validate Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) token sequences, which allows remote attackers to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks or obtain sensitive information by using the \2f\2a and \2a\2f hex strings to surround CSS comments.
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History
21 Nov 2024, 01:26
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References | () http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-April/058588.html - | |
References | () http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-April/058910.html - | |
References | () http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-April/059232.html - | |
References | () http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-April/059235.html - | |
References | () http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2011-April/000096.html - Vendor Advisory | |
References | () http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/04/13/15 - | |
References | () http://secunia.com/advisories/44142 - Vendor Advisory | |
References | () http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2366 - | |
References | () http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:Code/MediaWiki/85856 - Exploit, Patch | |
References | () http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/47354 - | |
References | () http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0978 - Patch, Vendor Advisory | |
References | () http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/1100 - | |
References | () http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/1151 - | |
References | () https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=695577 - | |
References | () https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=696360 - | |
References | () https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=28450 - | |
References | () https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/66738 - |
Information
Published : 2011-04-27 00:55
Updated : 2024-11-21 01:26
NVD link : CVE-2011-1579
Mitre link : CVE-2011-1579
CVE.ORG link : CVE-2011-1579
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Products Affected
mediawiki
- mediawiki
CWE
CWE-20
Improper Input Validation