Mahara < 1.3.3 XSS Vulnerability

# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2010 Greenbone AG
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# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only

CPE = "cpe:/a:mahara:mahara";

if (description)
{
  script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.100897");
  script_version("2025-08-26T05:39:52+0000");
  script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2025-08-26 05:39:52 +0000 (Tue, 26 Aug 2025)");
  script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2010-11-09 13:58:26 +0100 (Tue, 09 Nov 2010)");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"4.3");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2010-3871");

  script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"remote_banner");

  script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");

  script_name("Mahara < 1.3.3 XSS Vulnerability");

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);

  script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2010 Greenbone AG");
  script_family("Web application abuses");
  script_dependencies("gb_mahara_http_detect.nasl");
  script_mandatory_keys("mahara/detected");

  script_tag(name:"summary", value:"Mahara is prone to a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability
  because it fails to properly sanitize user-supplied input.");

  script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if a vulnerable version is present on the target host.");

  script_tag(name:"impact", value:"An attacker may leverage this issue to execute arbitrary HTML
  and 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:"Mahara prior to version 1.3.3.");

  script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Update to version 1.3.3 or later.");

  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/44705");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://wiki.mahara.org/Release_Notes/1.3.3");

  exit(0);
}

include("host_details.inc");
include("version_func.inc");

if (!port = get_app_port(cpe: CPE))
  exit(0);

if (!infos = get_app_version_and_location(cpe: CPE, port: port, exit_no_version: TRUE))
  exit(0);

version = infos["version"];
location = infos["location"];

if (version_is_less(version: version, test_version: "1.3.3")) {
  report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version: version, fixed_version: "1.3.3", install_path: location);
  security_message(port: port, data: report);
  exit(0);
}

exit(99);