TikiWiki 'tiki-edit_article.php' Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

BID:27968

Info

TikiWiki 'tiki-edit_article.php' Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 27968
Class: Input Validation Error
CVE: CVE-2008-1047
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Feb 23 2008 12:00AM
Updated: May 07 2015 05:32PM
Credit: Fortify Software discovered this vulnerability.
Vulnerable: TikiWiki Project TikiWiki 1.9.10
TikiWiki Project TikiWiki 1.9.9
TikiWiki Project TikiWiki 1.9.8 1
TikiWiki Project TikiWiki 1.9.8
TikiWiki Project TikiWiki 1.9.7
TikiWiki Project TikiWiki 1.9.6
TikiWiki Project TikiWiki 1.9.5
TikiWiki Project TikiWiki 1.9.4
TikiWiki Project TikiWiki 1.9.3 1
TikiWiki Project TikiWiki 1.9.2
TikiWiki Project TikiWiki 1.9.1 .1
TikiWiki Project TikiWiki 1.9.1
TikiWiki Project TikiWiki 1.9 -rc3.1
TikiWiki Project TikiWiki 1.9 -rc3
TikiWiki Project TikiWiki 1.9 -rc2
TikiWiki Project TikiWiki 1.9 -rc1
TikiWiki Project TikiWiki 1.9.8.3
TikiWiki Project TikiWiki 1.9.8.2
TikiWiki Project TikiWiki 1.9.3.2
Not Vulnerable: TikiWiki Project TikiWiki 1.9.10.1

Discussion

TikiWiki 'tiki-edit_article.php' Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

TikiWiki is prone a cross-site scripting vulnerability because it fails to sufficiently sanitize user-supplied input data.

An attacker may leverage this issue to execute arbitrary script code in the browser of an unsuspecting user in the context of the affected site. This may help the attacker steal cookie-based authentication credentials and launch other attacks.

The issue affects versions prior to TikiWiki 1.9.10.1.

Exploit / POC

TikiWiki 'tiki-edit_article.php' Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

To exploit this issue, an attacker must entice an unsuspecting user to follow a malicious URI.

Solution / Fix

TikiWiki 'tiki-edit_article.php' Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

Solution:
The vendor released updates to address this issue. Please see the references for more information.


TikiWiki Project TikiWiki 1.9.8.3

References

TikiWiki 'tiki-edit_article.php' Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

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