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
69.1%
According to its version number, the installation of Sympa on the remote host contains an HTML injection vulnerability that may allow a user who has the privileges to create a new list to inject HTML tags in the list description field.
#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 70300
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# based on work from David Maciejak
include('deprecated_nasl_level.inc');
include('compat.inc');
if (description)
{
script_id(14323);
script_version("1.29");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2022/04/11");
script_cve_id("CVE-2004-1735");
script_bugtraq_id(10992);
script_xref(name:"SECUNIA", value:"12339");
script_name(english:"Sympa New List Creation Description Field XSS");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The remote web server contains a CGI script that is affected by a
cross-site scripting vulnerability.");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"According to its version number, the installation of Sympa on the
remote host contains an HTML injection vulnerability that may allow a
user who has the privileges to create a new list to inject HTML tags
in the list description field.");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2004/Aug/297");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Update to version 4.1.3 or later.");
script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/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:"2004/08/22");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2004/08/22");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"potential_vulnerability", value:"true");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"remote");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/a:sympa:sympa");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"thorough_tests", value:"true");
script_end_attributes();
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_family(english:"CGI abuses : XSS");
script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2004-2022 Tenable Network Security, Inc.");
script_dependencies("sympa_detect.nasl");
script_require_keys("Settings/ParanoidReport");
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");
if (report_paranoia < 2) audit(AUDIT_PARANOID);
port = get_http_port(default:80);
# Test an install.
install = get_kb_item(string("www/", port, "/sympa"));
if (isnull(install)) exit(0);
matches = eregmatch(string:install, pattern:"^(.+) under (/.*)$");
if (!isnull(matches))
{
ver = matches[1];
if (ver =~ "^(2\.|3\.|4\.0\.|4\.1\.[012]([^0-9]|$))")
{
security_note(port);
set_kb_item(name: 'www/'+port+'/XSS', value: TRUE);
exit(0);
}
}