From: Joey Hess <joey@kitenet.net>
Date: Sat, 22 Jan 2011 14:23:09 +0000 (-0400)
Subject: document XSS
X-Git-Url: https://sipb.mit.edu/gitweb.cgi/ikiwiki.git/commitdiff_plain/afeb8db569b7e9bf52d418417e7af4153c10cb9a?ds=sidebyside

document XSS
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diff --git a/doc/security.mdwn b/doc/security.mdwn
index 4fa531eb1..e636a0e45 100644
--- a/doc/security.mdwn
+++ b/doc/security.mdwn
@@ -453,3 +453,12 @@ preview or moderation of comments with such a configuration.
 
 These problems were discovered on 12 November 2010 and fixed the same
 hour with the release of ikiwiki 3.20101112. ([[!cve CVE-2010-1673]])
+
+## javascript insertation via insufficient checking in comments
+
+Dave B noticed that attempting to comment on an illegal page name could be
+used for an XSS attack.
+
+This hole was discovered on 22 Jan 2011 and fixed the same day with
+the release of ikiwiki 3.20110122. An upgrade is recommended for sites
+with the comments plugin enabled.