Xerox DocuShare dsweb Servlet Multiple XSS

🗓️ 02 Jun 2008 00:00:00Reported by TenableType

The Xerox DocuShare dsweb Servlet is vulnerable to multiple XSS attacks

Reporter	Title	Published	Views	Family All 6
Circl	CVE-2008-5225	29 May 200800:00	–	circl
CVE	CVE-2008-5225	25 Nov 200819:00	–	cve
Cvelist	CVE-2008-5225	25 Nov 200819:00	–	cvelist
EUVD	EUVD-2008-5202	7 Oct 202500:30	–	euvd
NVD	CVE-2008-5225	25 Nov 200819:30	–	nvd
Prion	Cross site scripting	25 Nov 200819:30	–	prion

Source	Link
securityfocus	www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/492766
docushare	www.docushare.xerox.com/doug/dsweb/View/Collection-7503
seclists	www.seclists.org/bugtraq/2008/Jun/10
cve	www.cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi

#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 70300
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#

include('deprecated_nasl_level.inc');
include('compat.inc');

if (description)
{
  script_id(32480);
  script_version("1.21");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2022/04/11");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2008-5225");
  script_bugtraq_id(29430);
  script_xref(name:"SECUNIA", value:"30426");

  script_name(english:"Xerox DocuShare dsweb Servlet Multiple XSS");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The remote web server contains a Tomcat Servlet that is affected by a
cross-site scripting vulnerability.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"The remote host is running DocuShare, a web-based document management
application from Xerox.

The version of DocuShare installed on the remote host fails to sanitize
user input to the 'dsweb' servlet before including it in dynamic HTML
output.  An attacker may be able to leverage this issue to inject
arbitrary HTML and script code into a user's browser to be executed
within the security context of the affected site.

Note that the application is also reportedly affected by two similar
issues, although Nessus has not checked for them.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/492766");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://docushare.xerox.com/doug/dsweb/View/Collection-7503");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2008/Jun/10");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Use the workaround described in the vendor's advisory at least until a
patch is released.");
  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(79);

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2008/06/02");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"remote");
  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) 2008-2022 Tenable Network Security, Inc.");

  script_dependencies("http_version.nasl");
  script_exclude_keys("Settings/disable_cgi_scanning");
  script_require_ports("Services/www", 80, 8080);

  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);

exploit = '1">' + "<BODY ONLOAD=alert('" + SCRIPT_NAME + "')>";

# Loop through directories.
if (thorough_tests) dirs = list_uniq(make_list("/docushare", "/dsdn", cgi_dirs()));
else dirs = make_list(cgi_dirs());

foreach dir (dirs)
{
  # Try the exploit.
  res = http_send_recv3(
    method : "GET",
    port   : port,
    item   : dir + "/dsweb/Services/User-" + urlencode(str:exploit),
    exit_on_fail : TRUE
  );

  # There's a problem if we see our exploit in the error message
  # in the user view.
  if (
    "Not found: User-" + exploit + " or another in this batch" >< res[2] &&
    "com.xerox.docushare.db.DbNoSuchObjectException" >< res[2]
  )
  {
    set_kb_item(name:'www/'+port+'/XSS', value:TRUE);
    security_warning(port);
    exit(0);
  }
}
audit(AUDIT_WEB_APP_NOT_AFFECTED, "Xerox DocuShare", build_url(qs:dir, port:port));

11 Apr 2022 00:00Current

5.6Medium risk

Vulners AI Score5.6

CVSS 24.3

EPSS0.0359