Vulnerabilities > CVE-2005-1696 - Unspecified vulnerability in Postnuke Software Foundation Postnuke 0.750/0.760Rc3

047910
CVSS 2.6 - LOW
Attack vector
NETWORK
Attack complexity
HIGH
Privileges required
NONE
Confidentiality impact
NONE
Integrity impact
PARTIAL
Availability impact
NONE
network
high complexity
postnuke-software-foundation
nessus

Summary

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in PostNuke 0.750 and 0.760RC3 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) skin or (2) paletteid parameter to demo.php in the Xanthia module, or (3) the serverName parameter to config.php in the Multisites (aka NS-Multisites) module.

Nessus

NASL familyFreeBSD Local Security Checks
NASL idFREEBSD_PKG_0274A9F1075911DABC080001020EED82.NASL
descriptionPostnuke Security Announcementss reports of the following vulnerabilities : - missing input validation within /modules/Messages/readpmsg.php - possible path disclosure within /user.php - possible path disclosure within /modules/News/article.php - possible remote code injection within /includes/pnMod.php - possible cross-site-scripting in /index.php - remote code injection via xml rpc library
last seen2020-06-01
modified2020-06-02
plugin id21379
published2006-05-13
reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2006-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/21379
titleFreeBSD : postnuke -- multiple vulnerabilities (0274a9f1-0759-11da-bc08-0001020eed82)
code
#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80502
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were  
# extracted from the FreeBSD VuXML database :
#
# Copyright 2003-2018 Jacques Vidrine and contributors
#
# Redistribution and use in source (VuXML) and 'compiled' forms (SGML,
# HTML, PDF, PostScript, RTF and so forth) with or without modification,
# are permitted provided that the following conditions are met:
# 1. Redistributions of source code (VuXML) must retain the above
#    copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following
#    disclaimer as the first lines of this file unmodified.
# 2. Redistributions in compiled form (transformed to other DTDs,
#    published online in any format, converted to PDF, PostScript,
#    RTF and other formats) must reproduce the above copyright
#    notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer
#    in the documentation and/or other materials provided with the
#    distribution.
# 
# THIS DOCUMENTATION IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR AND CONTRIBUTORS "AS IS"
# AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO,
# THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
# PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR OR CONTRIBUTORS
# BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY,
# OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT
# OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR
# BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY,
# WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE
# OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS DOCUMENTATION,
# EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
#

include("compat.inc");

if (description)
{
  script_id(21379);
  script_version("1.18");
  script_cvs_date("Date: 2019/08/02 13:32:36");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2005-1621", "CVE-2005-1695", "CVE-2005-1696", "CVE-2005-1698", "CVE-2005-1777", "CVE-2005-1778", "CVE-2005-1921");
  script_xref(name:"Secunia", value:"15450");

  script_name(english:"FreeBSD : postnuke -- multiple vulnerabilities (0274a9f1-0759-11da-bc08-0001020eed82)");
  script_summary(english:"Checks for updated package in pkg_info output");

  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"synopsis", 
    value:"The remote FreeBSD host is missing a security-related update."
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"description", 
    value:
"Postnuke Security Announcementss reports of the following
vulnerabilities :

- missing input validation within /modules/Messages/readpmsg.php

- possible path disclosure within /user.php

- possible path disclosure within /modules/News/article.php

- possible remote code injection within /includes/pnMod.php

- possible cross-site-scripting in /index.php

- remote code injection via xml rpc library"
  );
  # http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=bugtraq&m=111721364707520
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=111721364707520"
  );
  # http://news.postnuke.com/Article2691.html
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"http://www.postnuke.com/Article2691.html"
  );
  # http://news.postnuke.com/Article2699.html
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"http://www.postnuke.com/Article2699.html"
  );
  # https://vuxml.freebsd.org/freebsd/0274a9f1-0759-11da-bc08-0001020eed82.html
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?4d778378"
  );
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:"Update the affected package.");
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"Exploits are available");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"true");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"metasploit_name", value:'PHP XML-RPC Arbitrary Code Execution');
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_framework_metasploit", value:"true");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:postnuke");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:freebsd:freebsd");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2005/05/27");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2005/08/08");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2006/05/13");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2006-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");
  script_family(english:"FreeBSD Local Security Checks");

  script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
  script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/FreeBSD/release", "Host/FreeBSD/pkg_info");

  exit(0);
}


include("audit.inc");
include("freebsd_package.inc");


if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
if (!get_kb_item("Host/FreeBSD/release")) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "FreeBSD");
if (!get_kb_item("Host/FreeBSD/pkg_info")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);


flag = 0;

if (pkg_test(save_report:TRUE, pkg:"postnuke<0.760")) flag++;

if (flag)
{
  if (report_verbosity > 0) security_hole(port:0, extra:pkg_report_get());
  else security_hole(0);
  exit(0);
}
else audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, "affected");