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GLSA-200510-23 : TikiWiki: XSS vulnerability

medium Nessus Plugin ID 20116

Synopsis

The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.

Description

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-200510-23 (TikiWiki: XSS vulnerability)

 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.

Solution

All TikiWiki users should upgrade to the latest version:
 # 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.

See Also

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/200510-23

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 20116

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-200510-23.nasl

Version: 1.15

Type: local

Published: 11/2/2005

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.0

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:gentoo:linux, p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:tikiwiki

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list

Patch Publication Date: 10/28/2005

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/19/2005

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2005-3283

GLSA: 200510-23