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
AI Score
Confidence
High
EPSS
Percentile
97.6%
The webmail client bundled with MailEnable is affected by a cross-site scripting vulnerability in the ForgottenPassword.aspx script. The ‘Username’ parameter fails to properly sanitize user- supplied input. Successful exploitation would allow an attacker to steal cookies used for webmail access.
#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 70300
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
include('deprecated_nasl_level.inc');
include('compat.inc');
if (description)
{
script_id(59569);
script_version("1.12");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2024/06/05");
script_cve_id("CVE-2012-0389");
script_bugtraq_id(51401);
script_xref(name:"EDB-ID", value:"18447");
script_name(english:"MailEnable ForgottenPassword.aspx Username Parameter XSS");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The remote web server hosts an application that is affected by a
cross-site scripting vulnerability.");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"The webmail client bundled with MailEnable is affected by a
cross-site scripting vulnerability in the ForgottenPassword.aspx
script. The 'Username' parameter fails to properly sanitize user-
supplied input. Successful exploitation would allow an attacker to
steal cookies used for webmail access.");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nerv.fi/CVE-2012-0389.txt");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.mailenable.com/kb/Content/Article.asp?ID=me020567");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Upgrade to MailEnable 5.53 / 6.03 or later.
Alternatively, those with MailEnable 4 can apply the fix provided in
the referenced URL.");
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:"true");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploited_by_nessus", value:"true");
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:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2012/01/10");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2012/01/10");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2012/06/19");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"remote");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/a:mailenable:mailenable");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"thorough_tests", value:"true");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"enable_cgi_scanning", value:"true");
script_end_attributes();
script_category(ACT_ATTACK);
script_family(english:"CGI abuses : XSS");
script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2012-2024 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");
script_dependencies("mailenable_webmail_detect.nasl");
script_require_keys("www/mailenable_webmail");
script_exclude_keys("Settings/disable_cgi_scanning");
script_require_ports("Services/www", 80);
exit(0);
}
include("audit.inc");
include("global_settings.inc");
include("misc_func.inc");
include("http.inc");
include("webapp_func.inc");
include("url_func.inc");
port = get_http_port(default:80);
install = get_install_from_kb(appname:"mailenable_webmail", port:port, exit_on_fail:TRUE);
dir = install["dir"];
dir = ereg_replace(pattern:"^(.*)/[^/]+\.aspx", replace:"\1", string:dir);
# Version 4.x will timeout when accessing ForgottenPassword.aspx
# unless we first establish a new session.
new_session = http_send_recv3(method:"GET", item:install["dir"], port:port, exit_on_fail:TRUE);
# Versions 4.x
if ('ForgottenPassword.aspx?Username="' >< new_session[2])
{
xss_test = '"};alert(/' + SCRIPT_NAME + '-' + unixtime() + '/);{"';
}
# Versions 5.x/6.x
else xss_test = "'};alert(/" + SCRIPT_NAME + "-" + unixtime() + "/);{'";
exploit = test_cgi_xss(
port : port,
dirs : make_list(dir),
cgi : "/forgottenpassword.aspx",
qs : 'username=' + urlencode(str:xss_test),
pass_str : xss_test,
pass_re : 'function PageLoad()',
silent : TRUE
);
if (exploit)
{
if (report_verbosity > 0)
{
report =
'\n' + 'Nessus was able to exploit the issue using the following sequence of' +
'\n' + 'URLs :' +
'\n' +
'\n ' + build_url(port:port, qs:install["dir"]) +
'\n ' + build_url(port:port, qs:dir+"/forgottenpassword.aspx?Username="+urlencode(str:xss_test)) +
'\n';
}
security_warning(port:port, extra:report);
exit(0);
}
audit(AUDIT_WEB_APP_NOT_AFFECTED, "MailEnable WebMail", build_url(qs:install["dir"], port:port));
Vendor | Product | Version | CPE |
---|---|---|---|
mailenable | mailenable | cpe:/a:mailenable:mailenable |