CVE-2005-4644 Trac HTML WikiProcessor cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability

What is CVE-2005-4644?

CVE-2005-4644 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in n/a, published on 11 Jan 2006. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the HTML WikiProcessor in Edgewall Trac 0.9.2 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via javascript in the SRC attribute of an IMG tag.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2005-4644?

3 open source packages ship an affected version, including trac. It affects 1 product.

Products include Edgewall Software Trac.

How do I fix CVE-2005-4644?

Upgrade trac to a fixed version for your release line: 0.10 or 0.9-stable.

Escape output for the context it lands in and set a strict Content Security Policy. Upgrading the affected component is the real fix. More about Cross-site scripting.

Is CVE-2005-4644 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2005-4644 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in n/a

• CVE-2007-1406 Trac missing Content-Disposition HTTP header Critical 10.0
• CVE-2006-5878 Edgewall Trac Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability High 7.5
• CVE-2005-4065 SQL injection in n/a High 7.5
• CVE-2005-3980 SQL injection in n/a High 7.5
• CVE-2006-3695 Trac reStructuredText breach of privacy and denial of service vulnerability Medium 6.8

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2005-4644, GHSA-6vhp-hp77-6w52, PYSEC-2005-1.