CVE-2011-1579 describes a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in MediaWiki versions prior to 1.16.3, specifically within the checkCss function of its wikitext parser. This medium-severity vulnerability (CVSS 5.8) allows remote attackers to inject malicious CSS token sequences, potentially leading to XSS attacks or information disclosure. While no active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion has been observed, the flaw stems from improper validation of CSS comments using specific hex strings.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 1.16.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.1.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.2.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.2.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.2.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N
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