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Posted: Fri Oct 28, 2005 11:50 am Post subject: [ GLSA 200510-23 ] TikiWiki: XSS vulnerability |
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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory
Title: TikiWiki: XSS vulnerability (GLSA 200510-23)
Severity: low
Exploitable: remote
Date: October 28, 2005
Updated: May 22, 2006
Bug(s): #109858
ID: 200510-23
Synopsis
TikiWiki is vulnerable to cross-site scripting attacks.
Background
TikiWiki is a web-based groupware and content management system (CMS), using PHP, ADOdb and Smarty.
Affected Packages
Package: www-apps/tikiwiki
Vulnerable: < 1.9.1.1
Unaffected: >= 1.9.1.1
Architectures: All supported architectures
Description
Due to improper input validation, TikiWiki can be exploited to perform cross-site scripting attacks.
Impact
A remote attacker could exploit this to inject and execute malicious script code or to steal cookie-based authentication credentials, potentially compromising the victim's browser.
Workaround
There is no known workaround at this time.
Resolution
All TikiWiki users should upgrade to the latest version: Code: | # emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=www-apps/tikiwiki-1.9.1.1" | Note: Users with the vhosts USE flag set should manually use webapp-config to finalize the update.
References
CVE-2005-3283
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