PT-2007-5150 · Docuwiki+1 · Docuwiki+1

Published 2007-07-21 · Updated 2021-07-23 · CVE-2007-3930

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

4.3

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: DocuWiki versions prior to 2007-06-26b

Description: The issue arises from an interpretation conflict between Microsoft Internet Explorer and DocuWiki, allowing remote attackers to inject arbitrary JavaScript and conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks. This occurs when spellchecking UTF-8 encoded messages via the spell utf8test function in lib/exe/spellcheck.php. The function triggers HTML document identification and script execution by Internet Explorer, despite the Content-Type header being set to text/plain.

Recommendations: For versions prior to 2007-06-26b, update to a version released after 2007-06-26b to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider disabling the spell utf8test function in lib/exe/spellcheck.php to minimize the risk of exploitation. Restrict access to the spellcheck functionality in DocuWiki to reduce the attack surface.

Fix

Related Identifiers

CVE-2007-3930

Affected Products

Docuwiki

Internet Explorer

References · 11

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-3930 · Security Note
• http://bugs.splitbrain.org/index.php?do=details&task_id=1195 · Note
• http://securityreason.com/securityalert/2908 · Note
• http://wiki.splitbrain.org/wiki%3Achanges · Note
• http://vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2617 · Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/26150 · Note
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-3930 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/archive/1/474144/100/0/threaded · Note
• http://osvdb.org/38319 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/24973 · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/35501 · Note