| code | #
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
include("compat.inc");
if (description) {
script_id(18155);
script_version("1.19");
script_cve_id("CVE-2005-1448");
script_bugtraq_id(13411);
script_name(english:"Serendipity BBCode Plugin XSS");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The remote web server contains a PHP application that is vulnerable to
cross-site scripting attacks." );
script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"According to its banner, the version of Serendipity installed on the
remote host does not properly filter user-supplied input for selected
fields if the BBCode plugin is enabled - it is not by default. By
exploiting this flaw, an attacker can cause arbitrary HTML and script
code to be executed by a user's browser in the context of the affected
website whenever users view malicious entries or comments that the
attacker creates." );
script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.s9y.org/63.html#A9" );
script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Disable the BBCode plugin or upgrade to Serendipity 0.8 or later." );
script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N");
script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:H/RL:OF/RC:C");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No exploit is required");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"false");
script_cwe_id(20, 74, 79, 442, 629, 711, 712, 722, 725, 750, 751, 800, 801, 809, 811, 864, 900, 928, 931, 990);
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value: "2005/04/28");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value: "2005/04/26");
script_cvs_date("Date: 2018/07/27 18:38:14");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"remote");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe",value:"cpe:/a:s9y:serendipity");
script_end_attributes();
summary["english"] = "Checks for cross-site scripting vulnerabilities in Serendipity BBCode plugin";
script_summary(english:summary["english"]);
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_family(english:"CGI abuses : XSS");
script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2005-2018 Tenable Network Security, Inc.");
script_dependencies("serendipity_detect.nasl");
script_exclude_keys("Settings/disable_cgi_scanning");
script_require_ports("Services/www", 80);
script_require_keys("www/serendipity");
exit(0);
}
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);
# Test an install.
install = get_kb_item(string("www/", port, "/serendipity"));
if (isnull(install)) exit(0);
matches = eregmatch(string:install, pattern:"^(.+) under (/.*)$");
if (!isnull(matches)) {
ver = matches[1];
# nb: version 0.8 fixes the flaw.
if (ver =~ "0\.([0-7]|8-beta)")
{
security_note(port);
set_kb_item(name: 'www/'+port+'/XSS', value: TRUE);
}
}
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