CVE-2017-12979 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

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.

Published: 2017-08-21

Score: 6.1 Medium

EPSS: 1.4% Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:dokuwiki:dokuwiki:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2017-4497	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.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.01372.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://github.com/splitbrain/dokuwiki/issues/2080

History

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Subscriptions

Dokuwiki Dokuwiki

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2017-08-21T07:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-05T18:51:07.387Z

Reserved: 2017-08-21T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2017-12979

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2017-08-21T07:29:00.280

Modified: 2026-06-17T01:04:15.207

Link: CVE-2017-12979

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-79
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

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