TikiWiki: XSS vulnerability

1. Gentoo Linux Security Advisory

Advisory Reference	GLSA 200510-23 / tikiwiki
Release Date	October 28, 2005
Latest Revision	May 22, 2006: 02
Impact	low
Exploitable	remote

Package	Vulnerable versions	Unaffected versions	Architecture(s)
www-apps/tikiwiki	< 1.9.1.1	>= 1.9.1.1	All supported architectures

Related bugreports: #109858

Synopsis

TikiWiki is vulnerable to cross-site scripting attacks.

2. Impact Information

Background

TikiWiki is a web-based groupware and content management system (CMS), using PHP, ADOdb and Smarty.

Description

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.

3. Resolution Information

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All TikiWiki users should upgrade to the latest version:

Code Listing 3.1: Resolution

# 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.

4. References

CVE-2005-3283

Page updated October 28, 2005

Summary: This is a Gentoo Linux Security Advisory

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