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.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published: 2011-04-27T00:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-06T22:28:41.908Z

Reserved: 2011-04-05T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2011-1579

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2011-04-27T00:55:04.600

Modified: 2024-11-21T01:26:38.653

Link: CVE-2011-1579

cve-icon Redhat

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