CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
NONE
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
EPSS
Percentile
69.1%
The version of CuteNews installed on the remote host is vulnerable to a cross-site scripting (XSS) attack. An attacker, exploiting this flaw, would need to be able to coerce a user to browse to a purposefully malicious URI. Upon successful exploitation, the attacker would be able to run code within the web-browser in the security context of the CuteNews server.
#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 70300
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
include('deprecated_nasl_level.inc');
include('compat.inc');
if (description)
{
script_id(14665);
script_version("1.28");
script_cve_id("CVE-2004-1659");
script_bugtraq_id(11097);
script_name(english:"CuteNews index.php mod Parameter XSS");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The remote web server contains a PHP script that is prone to cross-
site scripting attacks." );
script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"The version of CuteNews installed on the remote host is vulnerable to
a cross-site scripting (XSS) attack. An attacker, exploiting this
flaw, would need to be able to coerce a user to browse to a
purposefully malicious URI. Upon successful exploitation, the
attacker would be able to run code within the web-browser in the
security context of the CuteNews server." );
script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=109415338521881&w=2" );
script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Upgrade to the latest version." );
script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N");
script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:H/RL:OF/RC:C");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No exploit is required");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"false");
script_cwe_id(20, 74, 79, 442, 629, 711, 712, 722, 725, 750, 751, 800, 801, 809, 811, 864, 900, 928, 931, 990);
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value: "2004/09/06");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value: "2004/09/02");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2021/01/19");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"remote");
script_end_attributes();
script_summary(english:"Checks for the presence of index.php");
script_category(ACT_ATTACK);
script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2004-2021 Tenable Network Security, Inc.");
script_family(english:"CGI abuses : XSS");
script_dependencie("cutenews_detect.nasl", "cross_site_scripting.nasl");
script_exclude_keys("Settings/disable_cgi_scanning");
script_require_ports("Services/www", 80);
script_require_keys("www/cutenews");
exit(0);
}
#
# The script code starts here
#
include("global_settings.inc");
include("http_func.inc");
include("http_keepalive.inc");
port = get_http_port(default:80, embedded:TRUE);
if ( get_kb_item("www/" + port + "/generic_xss") ) exit(0);
if(!get_port_state(port))
exit(0);
if(!can_host_php(port:port))
exit(0);
# Test an install.
install = get_kb_item(string("www/", port, "/cutenews"));
if (isnull(install)) exit(0);
matches = eregmatch(string:install, pattern:"^(.+) under (/.*)$");
if (!isnull(matches)) {
loc = matches[2];
req = http_get(item:string(loc, "/index.php?mod=<script>foo</script>"),
port:port);
r = http_keepalive_send_recv(port:port, data:req, bodyonly:1);
if( r == NULL ) exit(0);
if(egrep(pattern:"<script>foo</script>", string:r))
{
security_warning(port);
set_kb_item(name: 'www/'+port+'/XSS', value: TRUE);
exit(0);
}
}