Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware 5.2 LFI and XSS Vulnerabilities - Active Check
🗓️ 28 Sep 2010 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2010 Greenbone AGType
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# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2010 Greenbone AG
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
# source(s), and are Copyright (C) by the respective right holder(s).
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
CPE = "cpe:/a:tiki:tikiwiki_cms%2fgroupware";
if(description)
{
script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.100825");
script_version("2025-06-03T05:40:40+0000");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"6.8");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2025-06-03 05:40:40 +0000 (Tue, 03 Jun 2025)");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2010-09-28 17:11:37 +0200 (Tue, 28 Sep 2010)");
script_name("Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware 5.2 LFI and XSS Vulnerabilities - Active Check");
script_category(ACT_ATTACK);
script_family("Web application abuses");
script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2010 Greenbone AG");
script_dependencies("gb_tikiwiki_http_detect.nasl");
script_require_ports("Services/www", 80);
script_mandatory_keys("tiki/wiki/http/detected");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://web.archive.org/web/20210121204519/http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/43507");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.johnleitch.net/Vulnerabilities/Tiki.Wiki.CMS.Groupware.5.2.Local.File.Inclusion/46");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.johnleitch.net/Vulnerabilities/Tiki.Wiki.CMS.Groupware.5.2.Reflected.Cross-site.Scripting/44");
script_tag(name:"summary", value:"Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware is prone to a local file include (LFI)
vulnerability and a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability because it fails to properly
sanitize user-supplied input.");
script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Sends a crafted HTTP GET request and checks the response.");
script_tag(name:"impact", value:"An attacker can exploit the local file-include vulnerability
using directory-traversal strings to view and execute local files within the context of the
webserver process. Information harvested may aid in further attacks.
The attacker may leverage the cross-site scripting issue to execute arbitrary script code in the
browser of an unsuspecting user in the context of the affected site. This may let the attacker
steal cookie-based authentication credentials and launch other attacks.");
script_tag(name:"affected", value:"Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware 5.2 is vulnerable. Other versions may
also be affected.");
script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Update to the latest version.");
script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"remote_analysis");
exit(0);
}
include("http_func.inc");
include("http_keepalive.inc");
include("host_details.inc");
if( ! port = get_app_port( cpe:CPE, service:"www" ) )
exit( 0 );
if( ! dir = get_app_location( cpe:CPE, port:port ) )
exit( 0 );
if( dir == "/" )
dir = "";
url = dir + "/tiki-edit_wiki_section.php?type=%22%3E%3Cscript%3Ealert(%27vt-xss-test%27)%3C/script%3E";
if( http_vuln_check( port:port, url:url, pattern:"<script>alert\('vt-xss-test'\)</script>", check_header:TRUE ) ) {
report = http_report_vuln_url( port:port, url:url );
security_message( port:port, data:report );
exit( 0 );
}
exit( 99 );
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