CVE-2025-24017
YesWiki DOM-Based XSS
Description
YesWiki is a wiki system written in PHP. Versions up to and including 4.4.5 are vulnerable to any end-user crafting a DOM based XSS on all of YesWiki's pages which is triggered when a user clicks on a malicious link. The vulnerability makes use of the search by tag feature. When a tag doesn't exist, the tag is reflected on the page and isn't properly sanitized on the server side which allows a malicious user to generate a link that will trigger an XSS on the client's side when clicked. This vulnerability allows any user to generate a malicious link that will trigger an account takeover when clicked, therefore allowing a user to steal other accounts, modify pages, comments, permissions, extract user data (emails), thus impacting the integrity, availability and confidentiality of a YesWiki instance. Version 4.5.0 contains a patch for the issue.
INFO
Published Date :
Jan. 21, 2025, 4:15 p.m.
Last Modified :
Jan. 21, 2025, 6:15 p.m.
Source :
[email protected]
Remotely Exploitable :
Yes !
Impact Score :
4.7
Exploitability Score :
2.8
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools
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CVE-2025-24017.
| URL | Resource |
|---|---|
| https://github.com/YesWiki/yeswiki/commit/c1e28b59394957902c31c850219e4504a20db98b | |
| https://github.com/YesWiki/yeswiki/security/advisories/GHSA-wphc-5f2j-jhvg |
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CVE Modified by [email protected]
Jan. 21, 2025
Action Type Old Value New Value Removed Reference https://github.com/YesWiki/yeswiki/blob/doryphore-dev/tools/tags/handlers/page/listpages.php#L84 -
New CVE Received by [email protected]
Jan. 21, 2025
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Description YesWiki is a wiki system written in PHP. Versions up to and including 4.4.5 are vulnerable to any end-user crafting a DOM based XSS on all of YesWiki's pages which is triggered when a user clicks on a malicious link. The vulnerability makes use of the search by tag feature. When a tag doesn't exist, the tag is reflected on the page and isn't properly sanitized on the server side which allows a malicious user to generate a link that will trigger an XSS on the client's side when clicked. This vulnerability allows any user to generate a malicious link that will trigger an account takeover when clicked, therefore allowing a user to steal other accounts, modify pages, comments, permissions, extract user data (emails), thus impacting the integrity, availability and confidentiality of a YesWiki instance. Version 4.5.0 contains a patch for the issue. Added CVSS V3.1 AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:L Added CWE CWE-79 Added Reference https://github.com/YesWiki/yeswiki/blob/doryphore-dev/tools/tags/handlers/page/listpages.php#L84 Added Reference https://github.com/YesWiki/yeswiki/commit/c1e28b59394957902c31c850219e4504a20db98b Added Reference https://github.com/YesWiki/yeswiki/security/advisories/GHSA-wphc-5f2j-jhvg
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