VWE-2013-0038 Printable Version

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Common Name Unreasonable Vulnerability
VWE-ID VWE-2013-0038
Related Report #3237
Severity HIGH
Exploit Difficulty EASY
Platform Affects all platforms supported by the vulnerable versions.
Description HTML/Javascript injection. Edit reasons are displayed in history entries with HTML entities unescaped.

Discovered July 25, 2013
Resolved July 30, 2013
Patches Available 4.0.0 Beta 4
3.0.20 Patch Level 1
Workaround Update permissions so that no users can view any special pages or the history tab.
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	Unreasonable Vulnerability
VWE-ID	VWE-2013-0038
Related Report	#3237
Severity	HIGH
Exploit Difficulty	EASY
Platform	Affects all platforms supported by the vulnerable versions.
Description	HTML/Javascript injection. Edit reasons are displayed in history entries with HTML entities unescaped.
Discovered	July 25, 2013
Resolved	July 30, 2013
Patches Available	4.0.0 Beta 4 3.0.20 Patch Level 1
Workaround	Update permissions so that no users can view any special pages or the history tab.