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
6.3 Medium
AI Score
Confidence
High
0.006 Low
EPSS
Percentile
78.2%
Apache Roller is prone to a Cross Site Scripting vulnerability.
# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2009 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:apache:roller";
if(description)
{
script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.800678");
script_version("2023-07-27T05:05:08+0000");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2023-07-27 05:05:08 +0000 (Thu, 27 Jul 2023)");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2009-08-12 19:54:51 +0200 (Wed, 12 Aug 2009)");
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_cve_id("CVE-2008-6879");
script_name("Apache Roller 'q' Parameter Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://secunia.com/advisories/31523");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33110");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://issues.apache.org/roller/browse/ROL-1766");
script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"remote_banner");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2009 Greenbone AG");
script_family("Web application abuses");
script_dependencies("gb_apache_roller_detect.nasl");
script_mandatory_keys("ApacheRoller/detected");
script_tag(name:"impact", value:"Successful exploitation will allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary
HTML codes in the context of the affected web application.");
script_tag(name:"affected", value:"Apache Roller version 2.x, 3.x and 4.0.");
script_tag(name:"insight", value:"The issue is due to input validation error in 'q' parameter when performing
a search. It is not properly sanitised before being returned to the user.");
script_tag(name:"summary", value:"Apache Roller is prone to a Cross Site Scripting vulnerability.");
script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Upgrade to Apache Roller Version 4.0.1 or later or
apply the patch via the references.");
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: "4.0.1")) {
report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version: version, fixed_version: "4.0.1", install_path: location);
security_message(port: port, data: report);
exit(0);
}
exit(99);