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

CVE-2011-1401

Low
3.5/10

Summary

ikiwiki before 3.20110328 does not ascertain whether the htmlscrubber plugin is enabled during processing of the "meta stylesheet" directive, which allows remote authenticated users to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via crafted Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) token sequences in (1) the default stylesheet or (2) an alternate stylesheet.

  • MEDIUM
  • NETWORK
  • SINGLE
  • PARTIAL
  • NONE
  • NONE

CWE-79 - Cross Site Scripting

Cross-Site Scripting, commonly referred to as XSS, is the most dominant class of vulnerabilities. It allows an attacker to inject malicious code into a pregnable web application and victimize its users. The exploitation of such a weakness can cause severe issues such as account takeover, and sensitive data exfiltration. Because of the prevalence of XSS vulnerabilities and their high rate of exploitation, it has remained in the OWASP top 10 vulnerabilities for years.

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