Improper input validation in MediaWiki
CVE-2011-1579
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.
Vulnerability class: Drupalgeddon 2 (CVE-2018-7600)
EPSS: 0.019 (77.8th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
Affected products
- Mediawiki — versions 1.1.0, 1.2.0, 1.2.1
- N/a — versions n/a
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- secalert@redhat.com (vendor-advisory, x_refsource_FEDORA)
- secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM)
- secalert@redhat.com (Patch, vdb-entry, x_refsource_VUPEN, Vendor Advisory)
- secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Exploit, Patch)
- secalert@redhat.com (vendor-advisory, x_refsource_FEDORA)
- secalert@redhat.com (vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)
- secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_SECUNIA, Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- secalert@redhat.com (vendor-advisory, x_refsource_FEDORA)
- secalert@redhat.com (vdb-entry, x_refsource_VUPEN)
- secalert@redhat.com (vdb-entry, x_refsource_XF)