CVE-2017-12979 is a stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability affecting DokuWiki versions through 2017-02-19c, allowing an attacker to inject malicious JavaScript by rendering a specially crafted language name within a code element. Rated 6.1 MEDIUM, this vulnerability requires user interaction (UI:R) but can be exploited remotely (AV:N) with low attack complexity (AC:L), potentially leading to limited confidentiality and integrity impacts (C:L/I:L). There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 2017-02-19cCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:dokuwiki:dokuwiki:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
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