CVE - CVE-2011-1579

CVE-ID
CVE-2011-1579	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
Description
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.
References
Note: References are provided for the convenience of the reader to help distinguish between vulnerabilities. The list is not intended to be complete.
MISC:44142 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/44142 MISC:47354 URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/47354 MISC:ADV-2011-0978 URL:~~http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0978~~ (Obsolete source) MISC:ADV-2011-1100 URL:~~http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/1100~~ (Obsolete source) MISC:ADV-2011-1151 URL:~~http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/1151~~ (Obsolete source) MISC:DSA-2366 URL:http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2366 MISC:FEDORA-2011-5495 URL:http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-April/058588.html MISC:FEDORA-2011-5807 URL:http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-April/059235.html MISC:FEDORA-2011-5812 URL:http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-April/059232.html MISC:FEDORA-2011-5848 URL:http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-April/058910.html MISC:[mediawiki-announce] 20110412 MediaWiki security release 1.16.3 URL:http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2011-April/000096.html MISC:[oss-security] 20110413 Re: CVE request: mediawiki 1.16.3 URL:http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/04/13/15 MISC:http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:Code/MediaWiki/85856 URL:http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:Code/MediaWiki/85856 MISC:https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=695577 URL:https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=695577 MISC:https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=696360 URL:https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=696360 MISC:https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=28450 URL:https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=28450 MISC:mediawiki-css-data-xss(66738) URL:https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/66738
Assigning CNA
Red Hat, Inc.
Date Record Created
20110405	Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20110405)
Votes (Legacy)

Comments (Legacy)

Proposed (Legacy)
N/A
This is an record on the CVE List, which provides common identifiers for publicly known cybersecurity vulnerabilities.
Search CVE Using Keywords: You can also search by reference using the CVE Reference Maps.
For More Information: CVE Request Web Form (select "Other" from dropdown)

Use of the CVE® List and the associated references from this website are subject to the terms of use. CVE is sponsored by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA). Copyright © 1999–2024, The MITRE Corporation. CVE and the CVE logo are registered trademarks of The MITRE Corporation.