Vulnerabilities > CVE-2005-2161 - Unspecified vulnerability in PHPbb Group PHPbb 2.0.16

#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80502

#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were  
# extracted from Debian Security Advisory DSA-768. The text 
# itself is copyright (C) Software in the Public Interest, Inc.
#

include("compat.inc");

if (description)
{
  script_id(19317);
  script_version("1.18");
  script_cvs_date("Date: 2019/08/02 13:32:18");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2005-2161");
  script_xref(name:"DSA", value:"768");

  script_name(english:"Debian DSA-768-1 : phpbb2 - missing input validation");
  script_summary(english:"Checks dpkg output for the updated package");

  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"synopsis", 
    value:"The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update."
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"description", 
    value:
"A cross-site scripting vulnerability has been detected in phpBB2, a
fully featured and skinnable flat webforum software, that allows
remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via nested
tags."
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=317739"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-768"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"solution", 
    value:
"Upgrade the phpbb2 packages.

The old stable distribution (woody) does not contain phpbb2.

For the stable distribution (sarge) this problem has been fixed in
version 2.0.13-6sarge1."
  );
  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:debian:debian_linux:phpbb2");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:3.1");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2005/07/27");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2005/07/31");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2005/07/05");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2005-2019 Tenable Network Security, Inc.");
  script_family(english:"Debian Local Security Checks");

  script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
  script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/Debian/release", "Host/Debian/dpkg-l");

  exit(0);
}


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


if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
if (!get_kb_item("Host/Debian/release")) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Debian");
if (!get_kb_item("Host/Debian/dpkg-l")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);


flag = 0;
if (deb_check(release:"3.1", prefix:"phpbb2", reference:"2.0.13-6sarge1")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"3.1", prefix:"phpbb2-conf-mysql", reference:"2.0.13-6sarge1")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"3.1", prefix:"phpbb2-languages", reference:"2.0.13-6sarge1")) flag++;

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

#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#


include("compat.inc");

if (description) {
  script_id(18626);
  script_version("1.17");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2005-2161");
  script_bugtraq_id(14151);

  script_name(english:"phpBB < 2.0.17 Nested BBCode URL Tags XSS");
 
 script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The remote web server contains a PHP application affected by a cross-
site scripting issue." );
 script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"According to its banner, the remote host is running a version of phpBB
that fails to sanitize BBCode containing nested URL tags, which
enables attackers to cause arbitrary HTML and script code to be
executed in a user's browser within the context of the affected site." );
 script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/404300/30/0/threaded" );
 script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Upgrade to phpBB version 2.0.17 or later." );
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/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: "2005/07/06");
 script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value: "2005/07/06");
 script_cvs_date("Date: 2018/11/15 20:50:18");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"remote");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe",value:"cpe:/a:phpbb_group:phpbb");
script_end_attributes();

  script_summary(english:"Checks for nested BBCode URL tags cross-site scripting vulnerability in phpBB <= 2.0.16");
  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2005-2018 Tenable Network Security, Inc.");
  script_family(english:"CGI abuses");
  script_dependencies("phpbb_detect.nasl");
  script_exclude_keys("Settings/disable_cgi_scanning");
  script_require_ports("Services/www", 80);
  script_require_keys("www/phpBB");
  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, "/phpBB"));
if (isnull(install)) exit(0);
matches = eregmatch(string:install, pattern:"^(.+) under (/.*)$");
if (!isnull(matches)) {
  ver = matches[1];
  if (ver =~ "^([01]\..*|2\.0\.([0-9]|1[0-6])([^0-9]|$))")
  {
   security_note(port);
   set_kb_item(name: 'www/'+port+'/XSS', value: TRUE);
  }
}