7.5 High
CVSS2
Access Vector
Access Complexity
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
0.003 Low
EPSS
Percentile
71.2%
The version of XOOPS running on the remote web server has a cross- site scripting vulnerability. ‘misc.php’ does not sanitize the requested URI before displaying it in the response. Manipulating the query string can result in a cross-site scripting attack. A remote attacker could exploit this by tricking a user into requesting a malicious URL.
There are reportedly other unspecified vulnerabilities in this version of XOOPS, though Nessus has not checked for those issues.
#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 70300
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
include('deprecated_nasl_level.inc');
include('compat.inc');
if (description)
{
script_id(42435);
script_version("1.14");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2022/06/01");
script_cve_id("CVE-2009-3963");
script_bugtraq_id(36955);
script_name(english:"XOOPS misc.php Query String XSS");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"A web application on the remote host has a cross-site scripting
vulnerability.");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"The version of XOOPS running on the remote web server has a cross-
site scripting vulnerability. 'misc.php' does not sanitize the
requested URI before displaying it in the response. Manipulating the
query string can result in a cross-site scripting attack. A remote
attacker could exploit this by tricking a user into requesting a
malicious URL.
There are reportedly other unspecified vulnerabilities in this version
of XOOPS, though Nessus has not checked for those issues.");
# http://xoops.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/xoops/XoopsCore/trunk/htdocs/misc.php?r1=3558&r2=3696
script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?a12c2180");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://xoops.org/modules/news/article.php?storyid=5064");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Upgrade to XOOPS 2.4.0 or later.");
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:"2009/10/02");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2009/10/26");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2009/11/10");
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) 2009-2022 Tenable Network Security, Inc.");
script_dependencies("xoops_detect.nasl");
script_require_keys("www/xoops");
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");
port = get_http_port(default:80);
install = get_install_from_kb(appname:'xoops', port:port);
if (isnull(install)) exit(1, "XOOPS install not found in KB for port "+port+".");
dir = install['dir'];
xss = "xss='><script>alert('" + SCRIPT_NAME + '-' + unixtime() + "')</script>";
qs = 'action=showpopups&type=avatars&' + xss;
expected_output = "<form name='avatars' action='" + dir + '/misc.php'+ '?' + qs;
exploited = test_cgi_xss(
port:port,
dirs:make_list(dir),
cgi:'/misc.php',
qs:qs,
pass_str:expected_output,
ctrl_re:'<meta name="generator" content="XOOPS" />'
);
if (!exploited)
exit(0, "The XOOPS install at "+build_url(qs:dir + '/', port:port)+" is not affected.");