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CVE-2017-12979 (GCVE-0-2017-12979)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2017-08-21 07:00 – Updated: 2024-08-05 18:51
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Summary
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.
Severity
6.1 (Medium)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
Date Public
2017-08-21 00:00
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