Vulnerabilities > CVE-2007-3930

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

Summary

Interpretation conflict between Microsoft Internet Explorer and DocuWiki before 2007-06-26b allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary JavaScript and conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks when spellchecking UTF-8 encoded messages via the spell_utf8test function in lib/exe/spellcheck.php, which triggers HTML document identification and script execution by Internet Explorer even though the Content-Type header is text/plain.

Vulnerable Configurations

Part Description Count
Application
Wiki
1
Application
Microsoft
1

Nessus

NASL familyFreeBSD Local Security Checks
NASL idFREEBSD_PKG_CDDDE37A39B511DCB3DA001921AB2FA4.NASL
descriptionDokuWiki reports : The spellchecker tests the UTF-8 capabilities of the used browser by sending an UTF-8 string to the backend, which will send it back unfiltered. By comparing string length the spellchecker can work around broken implementations. An attacker could construct a form to let users send JavaScript to the spellchecker backend, resulting in malicious JavaScript being executed in their browser. Affected are all versions up to and including 2007-06-26 even when the spell checker is disabled.
last seen2020-06-01
modified2020-06-02
plugin id25787
published2007-07-27
reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2007-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/25787
titleFreeBSD : dokuwiki -- XSS vulnerability in spellchecker backend (cddde37a-39b5-11dc-b3da-001921ab2fa4)
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(25787);
  script_version("1.12");
  script_cvs_date("Date: 2019/08/02 13:32:39");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2007-3930");

  script_name(english:"FreeBSD : dokuwiki -- XSS vulnerability in spellchecker backend (cddde37a-39b5-11dc-b3da-001921ab2fa4)");
  script_summary(english:"Checks for updated packages in pkg_info output");

  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"synopsis", 
    value:
"The remote FreeBSD host is missing one or more security-related
updates."
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"description", 
    value:
"DokuWiki reports :

The spellchecker tests the UTF-8 capabilities of the used browser by
sending an UTF-8 string to the backend, which will send it back
unfiltered. By comparing string length the spellchecker can work
around broken implementations. An attacker could construct a form to
let users send JavaScript to the spellchecker backend, resulting in
malicious JavaScript being executed in their browser.

Affected are all versions up to and including 2007-06-26 even when the
spell checker is disabled."
  );
  # http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/35501
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?db5c54cc"
  );
  # https://vuxml.freebsd.org/freebsd/cddde37a-39b5-11dc-b3da-001921ab2fa4.html
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?48f37fb6"
  );
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:"Update the affected packages.");
  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:dokuwiki");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:dokuwiki-devel");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:freebsd:freebsd");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2007/06/26");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2007/07/24");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2007/07/27");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2007-2019 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:"dokuwiki<20070626_1")) flag++;
if (pkg_test(save_report:TRUE, pkg:"dokuwiki-devel<20070524_1")) 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");