| CVE-2011-1579 | Date: (C)2011-04-26 (M)2023-12-22 |
The checkCss function in includes/Sanitizer.php in the wikitext parser in MediaWiki before 1.16.3 does not properly validate Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) token sequences, which allows remote attackers to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks or obtain sensitive information by using the 2f2a and 2a2f hex strings to surround CSS comments.
CVSS Score and Metrics +CVSS Score and Metrics -| CVSS V2 Severity: |
| CVSS Score : 5.8 |
| Exploit Score: 8.6 |
| Impact Score: 4.9 |
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| CVSS V2 Metrics: |
| Access Vector: NETWORK |
| Access Complexity: MEDIUM |
| Authentication: NONE |
| Confidentiality: PARTIAL |
| Integrity: PARTIAL |
| Availability: NONE |
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