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Unscored Public exploit CVE-2011-5025 EUVD-2011-4930GHSA-c4xm-x354-cf8r

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in the wiki application in Yaws 1.88 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web scr…

Published Dec 29, 2011 · Updated Aug 7, 2024 · Assigned by mitre

Package: yaws Ecosystem: Debian

Description

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in the wiki application in Yaws 1.88 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via (1) the tag parameter to editTag.yaws, (2) the index parameter to showOldPage.yaws, (3) the node parameter to allRefsToMe.yaws, or (4) the text parameter to editPage.yaws.

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

Debian

Security tracker ↗
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian 14 yaws 1.92-1 —
Debian 13 yaws 1.92-1 —
Debian 12 yaws 1.92-1 —

Public exploits

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