# CVE-2011-1401: ikiwiki before 3.20110328 does not ascertain whether the htmlscrubber plugin is enabled during processing of the "meta stylesheet" directive

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2011-04-11 · Updated: 2024-08-06

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

ikiwiki before 3.20110328 does not ascertain whether the htmlscrubber plugin is enabled during processing of the "meta stylesheet" directive, which allows remote authenticated users to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via crafted Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) token sequences in (1) the default stylesheet or (2) an alternate stylesheet.

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## References

- http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2214
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/1005
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0907
- http://secunia.com/advisories/44137
- http://ikiwiki.info/security/#index39h2
- http://secunia.com/advisories/44079
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/47285
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-April/058403.html

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