Vulnerabilities > CVE-2004-1075 - Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability in Zwiki

047910
CVSS 6.8 - MEDIUM
Attack vector
NETWORK
Attack complexity
MEDIUM
Privileges required
NONE
Confidentiality impact
PARTIAL
Integrity impact
PARTIAL
Availability impact
PARTIAL
network
zwiki
nessus
exploit available

Summary

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in standard_error_message.dtml for Zwiki after 0.10.0rc1 to 0.36.2 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary HTML and web script via a malformed URL, which is not properly cleansed when generating an error message.

Vulnerable Configurations

Part Description Count
Application
Zwiki
2

Exploit-Db

descriptionZwiki 0.10/0.36.2 Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability. CVE-2004-1075. Webapps exploit for php platform
idEDB-ID:24772
last seen2016-02-02
modified2004-11-24
published2004-11-24
reporterJeremy Bae
sourcehttps://www.exploit-db.com/download/24772/
titleZwiki 0.10/0.36.2 - Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

Nessus

NASL familyGentoo Local Security Checks
NASL idGENTOO_GLSA-200412-23.NASL
descriptionThe remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-200412-23 (Zwiki: XSS vulnerability) Due to improper input validation, Zwiki can be exploited to perform cross-site scripting attacks. Impact : By enticing a user to read a specially crafted wiki entry, an attacker can execute arbitrary script code running in the context of the victim
last seen2020-06-01
modified2020-06-02
plugin id16034
published2004-12-23
reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2004-2019 Tenable Network Security, Inc.
sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/16034
titleGLSA-200412-23 : Zwiki: XSS vulnerability
code
#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80502
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200412-23.
#
# The advisory text is Copyright (C) 2001-2015 Gentoo Foundation, Inc.
# and licensed under the Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike 
# license. See http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/
#

include("compat.inc");

if (description)
{
  script_id(16034);
  script_version("1.16");
  script_cvs_date("Date: 2019/08/02 13:32:42");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2004-1075");
  script_xref(name:"GLSA", value:"200412-23");

  script_name(english:"GLSA-200412-23 : Zwiki: XSS vulnerability");
  script_summary(english:"Checks for updated package(s) in /var/db/pkg");

  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"synopsis", 
    value:
"The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related
patches."
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"description", 
    value:
"The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-200412-23
(Zwiki: XSS vulnerability)

    Due to improper input validation, Zwiki can be exploited to perform
    cross-site scripting attacks.
  
Impact :

    By enticing a user to read a specially crafted wiki entry, an attacker
    can execute arbitrary script code running in the context of the
    victim's browser.
  
Workaround :

    There is no known workaround at this time."
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"http://zwiki.org/925ZwikiXSSVulnerability"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/200412-23"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"solution", 
    value:
"All Zwiki users should upgrade to the latest version:
    # emerge --sync
    # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=net-zope/zwiki-0.36.2-r1'"
  );
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:zwiki");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:gentoo:linux");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2004/12/21");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2004/12/23");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2004/11/22");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2004-2019 Tenable Network Security, Inc.");
  script_family(english:"Gentoo Local Security Checks");

  script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
  script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/Gentoo/release", "Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list");

  exit(0);
}


include("audit.inc");
include("global_settings.inc");
include("qpkg.inc");

if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
if (!get_kb_item("Host/Gentoo/release")) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Gentoo");
if (!get_kb_item("Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);


flag = 0;

if (qpkg_check(package:"net-zope/zwiki", unaffected:make_list("ge 0.36.2-r1"), vulnerable:make_list("lt 0.36.2-r1"))) flag++;

if (flag)
{
  if (report_verbosity > 0) security_warning(port:0, extra:qpkg_report_get());
  else security_warning(0);
  exit(0);
}
else
{
  tested = qpkg_tests_get();
  if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
  else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "Zwiki");
}