CVE-2017-12979
6.1
MEDIUM
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.35%
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.
How to fix CVE-2017-12979
To remediate CVE-2017-12979, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Debian/dokuwiki—upgrade to 0.0.20180422.a-1 or later
Is CVE-2017-12979 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.3%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (1)
- from 0, < 0.0.20180422.a-1
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM6.1 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N |