Vulnerabilities > CVE-2003-1535 - Information Exposure vulnerability in Justice Media Guestbook 1.3

047910
CVSS 5.0 - MEDIUM
Attack vector
NETWORK
Attack complexity
LOW
Privileges required
NONE
Confidentiality impact
NONE
Integrity impact
PARTIAL
Availability impact
NONE
network
low complexity
justice-media
CWE-200
nessus
exploit available

Summary

Justice Guestbook 1.3 allows remote attackers to obtain the full installation path via a direct request to cfooter.php3, which leaks the path in an error message.

Vulnerable Configurations

Part Description Count
Application
Justice_Media
1

Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

  • Subverting Environment Variable Values
    The attacker directly or indirectly modifies environment variables used by or controlling the target software. The attacker's goal is to cause the target software to deviate from its expected operation in a manner that benefits the attacker.
  • Footprinting
    An attacker engages in probing and exploration activity to identify constituents and properties of the target. Footprinting is a general term to describe a variety of information gathering techniques, often used by attackers in preparation for some attack. It consists of using tools to learn as much as possible about the composition, configuration, and security mechanisms of the targeted application, system or network. Information that might be collected during a footprinting effort could include open ports, applications and their versions, network topology, and similar information. While footprinting is not intended to be damaging (although certain activities, such as network scans, can sometimes cause disruptions to vulnerable applications inadvertently) it may often pave the way for more damaging attacks.
  • Exploiting Trust in Client (aka Make the Client Invisible)
    An attack of this type exploits a programs' vulnerabilities in client/server communication channel authentication and data integrity. It leverages the implicit trust a server places in the client, or more importantly, that which the server believes is the client. An attacker executes this type of attack by placing themselves in the communication channel between client and server such that communication directly to the server is possible where the server believes it is communicating only with a valid client. There are numerous variations of this type of attack.
  • Browser Fingerprinting
    An attacker carefully crafts small snippets of Java Script to efficiently detect the type of browser the potential victim is using. Many web-based attacks need prior knowledge of the web browser including the version of browser to ensure successful exploitation of a vulnerability. Having this knowledge allows an attacker to target the victim with attacks that specifically exploit known or zero day weaknesses in the type and version of the browser used by the victim. Automating this process via Java Script as a part of the same delivery system used to exploit the browser is considered more efficient as the attacker can supply a browser fingerprinting method and integrate it with exploit code, all contained in Java Script and in response to the same web page request by the browser.
  • Session Credential Falsification through Prediction
    This attack targets predictable session ID in order to gain privileges. The attacker can predict the session ID used during a transaction to perform spoofing and session hijacking.

Exploit-Db

descriptionJustice Guestbook 1.3 Path Disclosure Vulnerability. CVE-2003-1535. Webapps exploit for php platform
idEDB-ID:22444
last seen2016-02-02
modified2003-03-29
published2003-03-29
reportereuronymous
sourcehttps://www.exploit-db.com/download/22444/
titleJustice Guestbook 1.3 Path Disclosure Vulnerability

Nessus

NASL familyCGI abuses
NASL idGUESTBOOK_JUSTICE.NASL
descriptionThe remote host is running Justice Guestbook. This set of CGI has two vulnerabilities : - It is vulnerable to cross-site scripting attacks (in jgb.php3). - If the user requests the file cfooter.php3, he will obtain the physical path of the remote CGI. An attacker may use these flaws to steal the cookies of your users or to gain better knowledge about this host.
last seen2020-06-01
modified2020-06-02
plugin id11501
published2003-03-30
reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2003-2018 Tenable Network Security, Inc.
sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/11501
titleJustice Guestbook 1.3 Multiple Vulnerabilities
code
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#

# Ref:
# From: "euronymous" <[email protected]>
# To: [email protected], [email protected]
# Subject: Justice Guestbook 1.3 vulnerabilities



include("compat.inc");

if(description)
{
 script_id(11501);
 script_version ("1.21");
 script_cve_id("CVE-2003-1534", "CVE-2003-1535");
 script_bugtraq_id(7233, 7234);

 script_name(english:"Justice Guestbook 1.3 Multiple Vulnerabilities");

 script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The remote web server is hosting a PHP script that is affected by
multiple vulnerabilities." );
 script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"The remote host is running Justice Guestbook.

This set of CGI has two vulnerabilities :

  - It is vulnerable to cross-site scripting attacks 
    (in jgb.php3).
  - If the user requests the file cfooter.php3, he will 
    obtain the physical path of the remote CGI.
	
An attacker may use these flaws to steal the cookies of your users
or to gain better knowledge about this host." );
 script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:
"http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3347");
 script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"There is no known solution at this time." );
 script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N");
 script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:H/RL:U/RC:ND");
 script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No exploit is required");
 script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"true");
 script_cwe_id(79, 200);

 script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value: "2003/03/30");
 script_cvs_date("Date: 2018/06/13 18:56:27");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"remote");
script_end_attributes();

 
  script_summary(english:"Checks for the presence of cfooter.php3");
 
  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2003-2018 Tenable Network Security, Inc.");
  script_family(english:"CGI abuses");
  script_dependencie("http_version.nasl");
  script_require_ports("Services/www", 80);
  script_exclude_keys("Settings/disable_cgi_scanning");
  script_require_keys("www/PHP");
   exit(0);
}

#
# The script code starts here
#
include("global_settings.inc");
include("misc_func.inc");
include("http.inc");

port = get_http_port(default:80);
if(!can_host_php(port:port)) exit(0);


gdir = make_list(cgi_dirs());

dirs = make_list("", "/guestbook");
foreach d (gdir)
{
  dirs = make_list(dirs, string(d, "/guestbook"), d);
}

foreach dir (dirs)
{
 r = http_send_recv3(method: "GET", item:string(dir, "/cfooter.php3"), port:port);
 if (isnull(r)) exit(0);

 if(egrep(pattern:"getsets().*cfooter\.php3", string:r[2]))
 	{
	security_warning(port);
	set_kb_item(name: 'www/'+port+'/XSS', value: TRUE);
	exit(0);
	}
}