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CVE-2011-1401

Published: Apr 11, 2011Updated: Apr 29, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVDCWE-79

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No Fix Available

Description

ikiwiki before 3.20110328 does not ascertain whether the htmlscrubber plugin is enabled during processing of the "meta stylesheet" directive, which allows remote authenticated users to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via crafted Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) token sequences in (1) the default stylesheet or (2) an alternate stylesheet.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

Exploitability

AV:NAccess Vector

Network

AC:MAccess Complexity

Medium

Au:SAuthentication

Single

Impact

C:NConfidentiality

None

I:PIntegrity

Partial

A:NAvailability

None

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Weaknesses

Affected Products

ikiwiki ikiwiki

On-prem

Web & CMS Plugins / forum-wiki

ikiwikioss-projectWeb & CMS Plugins

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Exploitability

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MITRE ATT&CK

2 techniques

Execution

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References

http://ikiwiki.info/security/#index39h2

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-April/058403.html

lists.fedoraproject.org

http://secunia.com/advisories/44079

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Timeline

Published

Apr 11, 2011

Last Updated

Apr 29, 2026

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