Medium severity6.1NVD Advisory· Published May 10, 2016· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2016-4561

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the cgierror function in CGI.pm in ikiwiki before 3.20160506 might allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via unspecified vectors involving an error message.

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Affected products

Ikiwiki/Ikiwiki2 versions
cpe:2.3:a:ikiwiki:ikiwiki:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:a:ikiwiki:ikiwiki:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <=3.20160121
- (no CPE)range: <3.20160506
Debian/linux
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
osv-coords
pkg:rpm/opensuse/ikiwiki&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweed
Range: < 3.20200202.3-2.7

Patches

Vulnerability mechanics

References

ikiwiki.info/security/nvdVendor Advisory
source.ikiwiki.branchable.comnvd
www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3571nvd

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