What is CVE-2017-12980?

CVE-2017-12980 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Dokuwiki, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2017-08-21.

How severe is CVE-2017-12980?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.

XSS in Dokuwiki

CVE-2017-12980

DokuWiki through 2017-02-19c has stored XSS when rendering a malicious RSS or Atom feed, in /inc/parser/xhtml.php. An attacker can create or edit a wiki that uses RSS or Atom data from an attacker-controlled server to trigger JavaScript execution. The JavaScript can be in an author field, as demonstrated by the dc:creator element.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.014 (69.1th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.1 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Dokuwiki
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-12980?: CVE-2017-12980 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Dokuwiki, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2017-08-21.
How severe is CVE-2017-12980?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.