 MoinMoin <= v1.5.7 - "hitcounts" and "general" parameter handling XSS vulnerabilities
Tuesday, 20 February 2007Vendor: MoinMoin
Product: MoinMoinWiki
Affected versions: <= v1.5.7
Class: Input validation error
Vulnerability: Cross-site scripting
Description:
Input passed to the "hitcounts" and "general" parameter in Info pages is not properly sanitised before being returned to the user. This can be exploited to execute arbitrary HTML and script code in a user's browser session in context of an affected site.
Additionally, the "Show debugging information" feature may disclose certain sensitive system information.
The vulnerabilities are confirmed in version 1.5.7. Other versions may also be affected.
Solution:
Edit the source code to ensure that input is properly sanitised.
Provided and/or discovered by:
En Douli, hello OaiTeam
Original Advisories:
http://secunia.com/advisories/24138/
http://www.frsirt.com/english/advisories/2007/0553
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