Vulnerabilities > CVE-2005-1799 - HTML Injection vulnerability in Freestyle Wiki and Wikilite

047910
CVSS 4.3 - MEDIUM
Attack vector
NETWORK
Attack complexity
MEDIUM
Privileges required
NONE
Confidentiality impact
NONE
Integrity impact
PARTIAL
Availability impact
NONE
network
freestyle
nessus

Summary

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in FreeStyle Wiki 3.5.7 and WikiLite (FSWikiLite) .10 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via unknown vectors.

Vulnerable Configurations

Part Description Count
Application
Freestyle
2

Nessus

NASL familyFreeBSD Local Security Checks
NASL idFREEBSD_PKG_84479A62CA5F11D9B772000C29B00E99.NASL
descriptionA Secunia security advisory reports : A vulnerability has been reported in FreeStyle Wiki and FSWikiLite, which can be exploited by malicious people to conduct script insertion attacks. Input passed in uploaded attachments is not properly sanitised before being used. This can be exploited to inject arbitrary HTML and script code, which will be executed in a user
last seen2020-06-01
modified2020-06-02
plugin id19011
published2005-07-13
reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2005-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/19011
titleFreeBSD : fswiki -- XSS problem in file upload form (84479a62-ca5f-11d9-b772-000c29b00e99)
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(19011);
  script_version("1.18");
  script_cvs_date("Date: 2019/08/02 13:32:37");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2005-1799");
  script_xref(name:"Secunia", value:"15538");

  script_name(english:"FreeBSD : fswiki -- XSS problem in file upload form (84479a62-ca5f-11d9-b772-000c29b00e99)");
  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:
"A Secunia security advisory reports :

A vulnerability has been reported in FreeStyle Wiki and FSWikiLite,
which can be exploited by malicious people to conduct script insertion
attacks.

Input passed in uploaded attachments is not properly sanitised before
being used. This can be exploited to inject arbitrary HTML and script
code, which will be executed in a user's browser session in context of
an affected site when the malicious attachment is viewed."
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=81520"
  );
  # http://fswiki.poi.jp/wiki.cgi?page=%CD%FA%CE%F2%2F2005%2D5%2D19
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?e7ef0323"
  );
  # http://jvn.jp/jp/JVN%23465742E4/index.html
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?305779f6"
  );
  # https://vuxml.freebsd.org/freebsd/84479a62-ca5f-11d9-b772-000c29b00e99.html
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?22465c48"
  );
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:"Update the affected package.");
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N");

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

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2005/05/19");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2005/05/29");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2005/07/13");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2005-2019 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:"fswiki<=3.5.6")) flag++;

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