[CVE-2012-3373] Apache Wicket XSS vulnerability via manipulated URL parameter

[Carl-Eric Menzel <cmenzel () wicketbuch de>]

Severity: Important

Vendor:
The Apache Software Foundation

Versions Affected:
Apache Wicket 1.4.x and 1.5.x

Description:
https://wicket.apache.org/2012/09/06/cve-2012-3373.html
It is possible to inject JavaScript statements into an ajax link by
adding an encoded null byte to a URL pointing to a Wicket app. This
could be done by sending a legitimate user a manipulated URL and
tricking the user into clicking on it.

This vulnerability is fixed in
- Apache Wicket 1.4.21
  https://wicket.apache.org/2012/09/05/wicket-1.4.21-released.html
- Apache Wicket 1.5.8
  https://wicket.apache.org/2012/08/24/wicket-1.5.8-released.html

Apache Wicket 6.0.0 is not affected.

Credit:
This issue was reported by Thomas Heigl.

Apache Wicket Team