| Name | CVE-2017-12979 |
| Description | DokuWiki through 2017-02-19c has stored XSS when rendering a malicious language name in a code element, in /inc/parser/xhtml.php. An attacker can create or edit a wiki with this element to trigger JavaScript execution. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, ENISA, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Debian ELTS, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| Debian Bugs | 872940 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| dokuwiki (PTS) | bullseye | 0.0.20180422.a-2.1 | fixed |
| bookworm | 0.0.20220731.a-2 | fixed |
| trixie | 2024-02-06b+dfsg-9 | fixed |
| forky | 2025-05-14.b+dfsg-1 | fixed |
| sid | 2025-05-14.b+dfsg-2 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| dokuwiki | source | (unstable) | 0.0.20180422.a-1 | | | 872940 |
Notes
[jessie] - dokuwiki <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
[wheezy] - dokuwiki <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
https://github.com/splitbrain/dokuwiki/issues/2080
https://github.com/splitbrain/dokuwiki/commit/56bd9509ab2037512829392fda6427af7f390724