Name: CVE-2017-12979: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation
Creator: Rapid7
Published: 2017-08-21T00:00:00.000Z
License: https://www.rapid7.com/legal/website-terms-of-use/
Keywords: CVE, CVE-2017-12979, CWE-79, CVSS 6.1, EPSS 0.01372

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.

CVSS Details

CVSS 3.0 Base Score: 6.1
CVSS 3.0 Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N)

Covered by Rapid7

Product	Vendor Advisory	Solution File	Added	Published
Debian	—	Upgrade dokuwiki	Jul 30, 2024	Aug 21, 2017
Ubuntu	—	No solution exists	Jun 26, 2025	Aug 21, 2017

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CVSS Details

Covered by Rapid7

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