7.5 High
CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
0.012 Low
EPSS
Percentile
85.4%
The remote host is running the Ecartis Mailing List Manager web interface (lsg2.cgi).
According to its version number, there is a vulnerability that allows an authenticated user to change anyone’s password, including the list administrators. An authenticated attacker could exploit this to take control of the mailing list.
#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 70300
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
include('deprecated_nasl_level.inc');
include('compat.inc');
if(description)
{
script_id(11505);
script_bugtraq_id(6971);
script_cve_id("CVE-2003-0162");
script_version("1.19");
script_name(english:"Ecartis HTML Field Manipulation Arbitrary User Password Reset");
script_summary(english:"Checks for the presence of lsg2.cgi");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"A web application running on the remote host has an arbitrary password
reset vulnerability." );
script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"The remote host is running the Ecartis Mailing List Manager web
interface (lsg2.cgi).
According to its version number, there is a vulnerability that allows
an authenticated user to change anyone's password, including the list
administrators. An authenticated attacker could exploit this to take
control of the mailing list." );
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"see_also",
value:"https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2003/Feb/360"
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"see_also",
value:"https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2003/Mar/27"
);
script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Upgrade to an Ecartis Mailing List Manager snapshot version after
20030227." );
script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:P");
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:"true");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value: "2003/03/30");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value: "2003/02/27");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2021/01/19");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"remote");
script_end_attributes();
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_family(english:"CGI abuses");
script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2003-2021 Tenable Network Security, Inc.");
script_dependencie("http_version.nasl");
script_require_ports("Services/www", 80);
script_exclude_keys("Settings/disable_cgi_scanning");
exit(0);
}
#
# The script code starts here
#
include("global_settings.inc");
include("misc_func.inc");
include("http.inc");
port = get_http_port(default:80);
foreach dir (list_uniq(make_list("/ecartis", cgi_dirs())))
{
url = string(dir, "/lsg2.cgi");
res = http_send_recv3(method:"GET", item:url, port:port);
if(isnull(res)) exit(0);
if(egrep(pattern:"Ecartis (0\..*|1\.0\.0)", string:res[2]))
{
security_warning(port);
exit(0);
}
}