Bug 153820 – www-apps/tikiwiki: mysql password disclosure & xss

• Status: RESOLVED FIXED
• Product: Gentoo Security

[Description Matthias Geerdsen (RETIRED) 2006-11-02 07:54:40 UTC]

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//tikiwiki version 1.9.5 (CVS) -Sirius-  (PoC)
// Product: Tikiwiki 
// URL: http://tikiwiki.org/
// RISK: critical
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there's a critical security bug in tikiwiki version 1.9.5 (CVS) -Sirius-
a anonymous user , can dump the mysql user & passwd just by creating a mysql error with the "sort_mode" var , with those following links :
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there's also a xss here :
/tiki-featured_link.php?type=f&url=" ></iframe><scr</script>ipt>alert('XSS')</scri</script>pt> <!--

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[Comment 1 Matthias Geerdsen (RETIRED) 2006-11-02 07:57:31 UTC]

http://dev.tikiwiki.org/tiki-view_tracker_item.php?itemId=927&trackerId=5

- fixed for 1.9 CVS
- xss vulnerability fixed

merge into 1.10 on the way

[Comment 2 Renat Lumpau (RETIRED) 2006-11-07 20:08:53 UTC]

1.9.6 in CVS, needs ppc lovin'

[Comment 3 Tobias Scherbaum (RETIRED) 2006-11-07 23:40:12 UTC]

ppc stable, this one's ready for GLSA decision.

[Comment 4 Matthias Geerdsen (RETIRED) 2006-11-09 14:51:56 UTC]

security please vote

[Comment 5 Wolf Giesen (RETIRED) 2006-11-10 06:11:26 UTC]

Hm, I would not want my users know my database credentials. I know some bigger organizations that use Tikiwiki for their Intranets, so I guess I'll say "yes" here.

[Comment 6 Sune Kloppenborg Jeppesen (RETIRED) 2006-11-10 09:34:36 UTC]

Voting YES. Let's have GLSA on this one.

[Comment 7 Sune Kloppenborg Jeppesen (RETIRED) 2006-11-20 11:47:47 UTC]

GLSA 200611-11