CVE-2016-4561
published 2016-05-10CVE-2016-4561: Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the cgierror function in CGI.pm in ikiwiki before 3.20160506 might allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web…
PriorityP422medium6.1CVSS 3.0
AVNACLPRNUIRSCCLILAN
EPSS
1.47%
70.7th percentile
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the cgierror function in CGI.pm in ikiwiki before 3.20160506 might allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via unspecified vectors involving an error message.
Affected
7 ranges
| Vendor | Product | Version range | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| debian | debian_linux | — | — |
| debian | ikiwiki | < ikiwiki 3.20160506 (bookworm) | ikiwiki 3.20160506 (bookworm) |
| ikiwiki | ikiwiki | <= 3.20160121 | — |
| ikiwiki | ikiwiki | >= 0 < 3.20160506 | 3.20160506 |
| ikiwiki | ikiwiki | >= 0 < 3.20160506 | 3.20160506 |
| ikiwiki | ikiwiki | >= 0 < 3.20160506 | 3.20160506 |
| ikiwiki | ikiwiki | >= 0 < 3.20160506 | 3.20160506 |
CVSS provenance
nvdv3.06.1MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
nvdv2.04.3MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
osv6.1MEDIUM
vendor_debian6.1MEDIUM
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Debian
CVE-2016-4561: ikiwiki - Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the cgierror function in CGI.pm in i...
vendor_debian·2016·CVSS 6.1
CVE-2016-4561 [MEDIUM] CVE-2016-4561: ikiwiki - Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the cgierror function in CGI.pm in i...
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the cgierror function in CGI.pm in ikiwiki before 3.20160506 might allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via unspecified vectors involving an error message.
Scope: local
bookworm: resolved (fixed in 3.20160506)
bullseye: resolved (fixed in 3.20160506)
forky: resolved (fixed in 3.20160506)
sid: resolved (fixed in 3.20160506)
trixie: resolved (fixed in 3.20160506)
GHSA
GHSA-vxg6-rr45-x5cv: Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the cgierror function in CGI
ghsa_unreviewed·2022-05-17
CVE-2016-4561 [MEDIUM] CWE-79 GHSA-vxg6-rr45-x5cv: Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the cgierror function in CGI
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the cgierror function in CGI.pm in ikiwiki before 3.20160506 might allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via unspecified vectors involving an error message.
OSV
CVE-2016-4561: Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the cgierror function in CGI
osv·2016-05-10·CVSS 6.1
CVE-2016-4561 [MEDIUM] CVE-2016-4561: Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the cgierror function in CGI
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the cgierror function in CGI.pm in ikiwiki before 3.20160506 might allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via unspecified vectors involving an error message.
No detection rules found.
No public exploits indexed.
Bugzilla
CVE-2016-4561 ikiwiki: XSS in raised exception via crafted filename
bugzilla·2016-05-09·CVSS 6.1
CVE-2016-4561 [MEDIUM] CVE-2016-4561 ikiwiki: XSS in raised exception via crafted filename
CVE-2016-4561 ikiwiki: XSS in raised exception via crafted filename
An XSS vulnerability was found in ikiwiki. The instance in cgierror() is a potential cross-site scripting attack, because an attacker could conceivably cause some module to raise an exception that includes attacker-supplied HTML in its message, for example via a crafted filename.
Upstream fix:
http://source.ikiwiki.branchable.com/?p=source.git;a=commitdiff;h=32ef584dc5abb6ddb9f794f94ea0b2934967bba7
References:
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2016/q2/267
Discussion:
Created ikiwiki tracking bugs for this issue:
Affects: fedora-all [bug 1334192]
Affects: epel-6 [bug 1334193]
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This CVE Bugzilla entry is for community support informational purposes only as it does not affect a package in a commercially supported Red H
Bugzilla
CVE-2016-4561 ikiwiki: XSS in raised exception via crafted filename [fedora-all]
bugzilla·2016-05-09·CVSS 6.1
CVE-2016-4561 [MEDIUM] CVE-2016-4561 ikiwiki: XSS in raised exception via crafted filename [fedora-all]
CVE-2016-4561 ikiwiki: XSS in raised exception via crafted filename [fedora-all]
This is an automatically created tracking bug! It was created to ensure
that one or more security vulnerabilities are fixed in affected versions
of Fedora.
For comments that are specific to the vulnerability please use bugs filed
against the "Security Response" product referenced in the "Blocks" field.
For more information see:
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Security/TrackingBugs
When submitting as an update, use the fedpkg template provided in the next
comment(s). This will include the bug IDs of this tracking bug as well as
the relevant top-level CVE bugs.
Please also mention the CVE IDs being fixed in the RPM changelog and the
fedpkg commit message.
NOTE: this issue affects multiple supported versions
Bugzilla
CVE-2016-4561 ikiwiki: XSS in raised exception via crafted filename [epel-6]
bugzilla·2016-05-09·CVSS 6.1
CVE-2016-4561 [MEDIUM] CVE-2016-4561 ikiwiki: XSS in raised exception via crafted filename [epel-6]
CVE-2016-4561 ikiwiki: XSS in raised exception via crafted filename [epel-6]
This is an automatically created tracking bug! It was created to ensure
that one or more security vulnerabilities are fixed in affected versions
of Fedora EPEL.
For comments that are specific to the vulnerability please use bugs filed
against the "Security Response" product referenced in the "Blocks" field.
For more information see:
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Security/TrackingBugs
When submitting as an update, use the fedpkg template provided in the next
comment(s). This will include the bug IDs of this tracking bug as well as
the relevant top-level CVE bugs.
Please also mention the CVE IDs being fixed in the RPM changelog and the
fedpkg commit message.
[bug automatically created by: add-tracking-bugs]
http://ikiwiki.info/security/#index43h2http://source.ikiwiki.branchable.com/?p=source.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=32ef584dc5abb6ddb9f794f94ea0b2934967bba7http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3571http://ikiwiki.info/security/#index43h2http://source.ikiwiki.branchable.com/?p=source.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=32ef584dc5abb6ddb9f794f94ea0b2934967bba7http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3571
2016-05-10
Published