6.8 Medium
CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
0.023 Low
EPSS
Percentile
89.8%
The remote host is running a version of ht://Dig which is vulnerable to an unspecified cross-site scripting attack. An attacker can exploit this flaw to steal information from unsuspecting users.
#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 70300
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
include('deprecated_nasl_level.inc');
include('compat.inc');
if(description)
{
script_id(16317);
script_version("1.20");
script_cve_id("CVE-2005-0085");
script_bugtraq_id(12442);
script_xref(name:"DSA", value:"680");
script_name(english:"ht://Dig htsearch.cgi config Parameter XSS");
script_summary(english:"Checks if ht://Dig is vulnerable to XSS flaw in htsearch.cgi");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The remote host contains a web search engine that is affected by a
cross-site scripting vulnerability." );
script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"The remote host is running a version of ht://Dig which is vulnerable
to an unspecified cross-site scripting attack. An attacker can exploit
this flaw to steal information from unsuspecting users." );
script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?767b2fee" );
script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?a7899e11" );
script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/updates/UnixWare/SCOSA-2005.45/SCOSA-2005.45.txt" );
script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Upgrade to ht://Dig 3.2.0b7 or later." );
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: "2005/02/08");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value: "2005/02/03");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2021/01/19");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"remote");
script_end_attributes();
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2005-2021 Tenable Network Security, Inc.");
script_family(english:"CGI abuses : XSS");
script_dependencie("cross_site_scripting.nasl");
script_require_ports("Services/www", 80);
script_exclude_keys("Settings/disable_cgi_scanning");
exit(0);
}
#
# The script code starts here
#
include("global_settings.inc");
include("misc_func.inc");
include("http.inc");
port = get_http_port(default:80);
foreach dir (cgi_dirs())
{
r = http_send_recv3(method:"GET", item:string(dir, "/htsearch.cgi"), port:port);
if (isnull(r)) exit(1, "The web server on port "+port+" failed to respond.");
if( egrep(pattern:"ht://Dig ([0-2]\..*|3\.([01]\..*|2\.0(a|b[0-6][^0-9])))", string:r[2] ) )
{
security_warning(port);
set_kb_item(name: 'www/'+port+'/XSS', value: TRUE);
exit(0);
}
}