VDB
DEBIAN-CVE-2011-1579
DEBIAN-CVE-2011-1579
PUBLISHED
CVSS 9.300000190734863 CRITICAL
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 \2f\2a and \2a\2f hex strings to surround CSS comments.
Risk Scores
CVSS 4.0
9.300000190734863
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Debian:12 | mediawiki | 0, 0, 0 |
| Debian:14 | mediawiki | 0, 0, 0 |
| Debian:11 | mediawiki | 0, 0, 0 |
| Debian:13 | mediawiki | 0, 0, 0 |
Timeline
- Apr 27, 2011 CVE Published
- Apr 28, 2026 CVE Updated