UBUNTU-CVE-2017-12979

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-12979
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2017/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-12979.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-12979
Upstream
Published
2017-08-21T07:29:00Z
Modified
2025-10-24T04:46:27Z
Severity
  • 6.1 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - medium
Summary
[none]
Details

DokuWiki through 2017-02-19c has stored XSS when rendering a malicious language name in a code element, in /inc/parser/xhtml.php. An attacker can create or edit a wiki with this element to trigger JavaScript execution.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS / dokuwiki

Package

Name
dokuwiki
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/dokuwiki@0.0.20140929.d-1ubuntu1?arch=source&distro=xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

0.*
0.0.20140929.d-1
0.0.20140929.d-1ubuntu1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "dokuwiki",
            "binary_version": "0.0.20140929.d-1ubuntu1"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2017/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-12979.json"

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS / dokuwiki

Package

Name
dokuwiki
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/dokuwiki@0.0.20160626.a-2?arch=source&distro=bionic

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

0.*
0.0.20160626.a-2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "dokuwiki",
            "binary_version": "0.0.20160626.a-2"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2017/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-12979.json"