VWE-2013-0012 Printable Version

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Common Name Identity Theft Vulnerability
VWE-ID VWE-2013-0012
Related Report None
Severity HIGH
Exploit Difficulty Difficult
Platform Affects all platforms supported by the vulnerable versions.
Description HTML/Javascript injection. A user who does not have permission to use HTML in wiki comments posts a comment containing HTML. When another user who does have permission to use HTML in wiki comments views that user's comment, the HTML is rendered anyway.

Discovered April 7, 2013
Resolved April 8, 2013
Patches Available 4.0.0 Alpha 5
Workaround Update all areas so that HTML is not allowed in comments.
The versions listed below are known to be affected by this issue. If you are using one of those versions, you should update to a newer release that has no known vulnerabilities.

Common Name	Identity Theft Vulnerability
VWE-ID	VWE-2013-0012
Related Report	None
Severity	HIGH
Exploit Difficulty	Difficult
Platform	Affects all platforms supported by the vulnerable versions.
Description	HTML/Javascript injection. A user who does not have permission to use HTML in wiki comments posts a comment containing HTML. When another user who does have permission to use HTML in wiki comments views that user's comment, the HTML is rendered anyway.
Discovered	April 7, 2013
Resolved	April 8, 2013
Patches Available	4.0.0 Alpha 5
Workaround	Update all areas so that HTML is not allowed in comments.