CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
NONE
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
EPSS
Percentile
69.9%
The remote host is running Cherokee - a fast and tiny web server.
The remote version of this software is vulnerable to cross-site scripting attacks due to lack of sanitization in returned error pages.
#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 70300
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
include('deprecated_nasl_level.inc');
include('compat.inc');
if (description)
{
script_id(15618);
script_version("1.24");
script_cve_id("CVE-2004-2171");
script_bugtraq_id(9496);
script_name(english:"Cherokee Web Server Error Page XSS");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The remote web server is vulnerable to a cross-site scripting issue." );
script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"The remote host is running Cherokee - a fast and tiny web server.
The remote version of this software is vulnerable to cross-site
scripting attacks due to lack of sanitization in returned error pages." );
script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?76d15ca6" );
script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Upgrade to Cherokee 0.4.8 or newer." );
script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/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: "2004/11/03");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2021/01/19");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"remote");
script_end_attributes();
script_summary(english:"Checks for the version of Cherokee");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2004-2021 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");
script_family(english:"CGI abuses : XSS");
script_dependencie("find_service1.nasl", "http_version.nasl");
script_require_ports("Services/www", 443);
exit(0);
}
#
# The script code starts here
#
include("global_settings.inc");
include("http_func.inc");
include("http_keepalive.inc");
port = get_http_port(default:80, embedded:TRUE);
if(!get_port_state(port))exit(0);
banner = get_http_banner(port: port);
if(!banner)exit(0);
serv = strstr(banner, "Server");
if(ereg(pattern:"^Server:.*Cherokee/0\.([0-3]\.|4\.[0-7])[^0-9]", string:serv))
{
req = http_get(item:"/<script>foo</script>", port:port);
res = http_keepalive_send_recv(port:port, data:req, bodyonly:TRUE);
if ( "<script>foo</script>" >!< res ) exit(0);
if ( func_has_arg("security_note", "confidence") )
security_warning(port:port, confidence:100);
else
security_warning(port);
set_kb_item(name: 'www/'+port+'/XSS', value: TRUE);
}