CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2021-4271

Improper Neutralization

Published: Dec 21, 2022 | Modified: Nov 21, 2024
CVSS 3.x
6.1
MEDIUM
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
CVSS 2.x
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu

A vulnerability was found in panicsteve w2wiki. It has been rated as problematic. Affected by this issue is the function toHTML of the file index.php of the component Markdown Handler. The manipulation leads to cross site scripting. The attack may be launched remotely. The name of the patch is 8f1d0470b4ddb1c7699e3308e765c11ed29542b6. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue. The identifier of this vulnerability is VDB-216476.

Weakness

The product does not ensure or incorrectly ensures that structured messages or data are well-formed and that certain security properties are met before being read from an upstream component or sent to a downstream component.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
W2wiki W2wiki_project - (including) - (including)

Extended Description

If a message is malformed, it may cause the message to be incorrectly interpreted. Neutralization is an abstract term for any technique that ensures that input (and output) conforms with expectations and is “safe.” This can be done by:

This weakness typically applies in cases where the product prepares a control message that another process must act on, such as a command or query, and malicious input that was intended as data, can enter the control plane instead. However, this weakness also applies to more general cases where there are not always control implications.

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