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authorJoey Hess <joey@kitenet.net>2011-01-22 10:23:09 -0400
committerJoey Hess <joey@kitenet.net>2011-01-22 10:23:09 -0400
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@@ -453,3 +453,12 @@ preview or moderation of comments with such a configuration.
These problems were discovered on 12 November 2010 and fixed the same
hour with the release of ikiwiki 3.20101112. ([[!cve CVE-2010-1673]])
+
+## javascript insertation via insufficient checking in comments
+
+Dave B noticed that attempting to comment on an illegal page name could be
+used for an XSS attack.
+
+This hole was discovered on 22 Jan 2011 and fixed the same day with
+the release of ikiwiki 3.20110122. An upgrade is recommended for sites
+with the comments plugin enabled.