CVSS3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
LOW
Integrity Impact
LOW
Availability Impact
NONE
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
EPSS
Percentile
21.5%
osTicket is prone to a cross-site scripting (XSS)
vulnerability.
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CPE = "cpe:/a:osticket:osticket";
if (description)
{
script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.127272");
script_version("2023-10-19T05:05:21+0000");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2023-10-19 05:05:21 +0000 (Thu, 19 Oct 2023)");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2022-12-05 08:30:46 +0000 (Mon, 05 Dec 2022)");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"5.5");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:N");
script_tag(name:"severity_vector", value:"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N");
script_tag(name:"severity_origin", value:"NVD");
script_tag(name:"severity_date", value:"2022-12-05 18:35:00 +0000 (Mon, 05 Dec 2022)");
script_cve_id("CVE-2022-4271");
script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"remote_banner");
script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
script_name("osTicket < 1.16.4 XSS Vulnerability");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2022 Greenbone Networks GmbH");
script_family("Web application abuses");
script_dependencies("osticket_http_detect.nasl");
script_mandatory_keys("osticket/detected");
script_tag(name:"summary", value:"osTicket is prone to a cross-site scripting (XSS)
vulnerability.");
script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if a vulnerable version is present on the target host.");
script_tag(name:"insight", value:"If a regular user's username is set to a XSS payload, and then
that same XSS payload is placed in the q (query) parameter of /scp/ajax.php/users/local, then
reflected XSS is achieved.");
script_tag(name:"affected", value:"osTicket prior to version 1.16.4.");
script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Update to version 1.16.4 or later.");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://huntr.dev/bounties/a11c922f-255a-412a-aa87-7f3bd7121599");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://github.com/osticket/osticket/commit/5213ff138c6be6144a6692376ac0803a42eca168");
exit(0);
}
include("host_details.inc");
include("version_func.inc");
if (!port = get_app_port(cpe: CPE))
exit(0);
if (!infos = get_app_version_and_location(cpe: CPE, port: port, exit_no_version: TRUE))
exit(0);
version = infos["version"];
location = infos["location"];
if (version_is_less(version: version, test_version: "1.16.4")) {
report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version: version, fixed_version: "1.16.4", install_path: location);
security_message(port: port, data: report);
exit(0);
}
exit(99);