ikiwiki "author" and "authorurl" Meta Directives Script Insertion Vulnerabilities


Description   Two vulnerabilities has been reported in ikiwiki, which can be exploited by malicious users to conduct script insertion attacks.
Input passed via the "author" and "authorurl" parameters to meta directives when creating or editing a page is not properly sanitised before being used. This can be exploited to insert arbitrary HTML and script code, which will be executed in a user's browser session in context of an affected site when the malicious data is being viewed.
The vulnerabilities are reported in versions prior to 3.20120516.
     
Vulnerable Products   Vulnerable Software:
ikiwiki 3.x
     
Solution   Update to version 3.20120516.
     
CVE   CVE-2012-0220
     
References   http://ikiwiki.info/news/version_3.20120516/
     
Vulnerability Manager Detection   No
     
IPS Protection  
ASQ Engine alarm Available Since
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 Risk level 
Low 

 Vulnerability First Public Report Date 
2012-05-18 

 Target Type 
Server 

 Possible exploit 
Remote