Discourse < 2.4.0.beta2 Multiple Vulnerabilities

# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2019 Greenbone AG
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
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# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only

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

if(description)
{
  script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.108612");
  script_version("2025-04-11T15:45:04+0000");
  script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2025-04-11 15:45:04 +0000 (Fri, 11 Apr 2025)");
  script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2019-07-17 11:26:10 +0000 (Wed, 17 Jul 2019)");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"7.5");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P");
  script_tag(name:"severity_vector", value:"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L");
  script_tag(name:"severity_origin", value:"NVD");
  script_tag(name:"severity_date", value:"2022-04-18 17:03:00 +0000 (Mon, 18 Apr 2022)");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2019-1020017", "CVE-2019-1020018");

  script_name("Discourse < 2.4.0.beta2 Multiple Vulnerabilities");

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2019 Greenbone AG");
  script_family("Web application abuses");
  script_dependencies("gb_discourse_http_detect.nasl");
  script_mandatory_keys("discourse/detected");

  script_tag(name:"summary", value:"Discourse is prone to multiple vulnerabilities including XSS and
  SQL injection flaws.");

  script_tag(name:"insight", value:"The following flaws exist / The following security fixes are included:

  - XSS when displaying watched words in admin panel

  - SQL injection with default categories

  - Upgrade lodash

  - XSS with title selector on preferences page

  - Strip HTML from invite emails

  - XSS in routes

  - Escape email text for posts containing [details].

  - lacks a confirmation screen when logging in via an email link (CVE-2019-1020018).

  - lacks a confirmation screen when logging in via a user-api OTP (CVE-2019-1020017).");

  script_tag(name:"affected", value:"Discourse before version 2.4.0.beta2.");

  script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Update to version 2.4.0.beta2.");

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

  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-2-4-0-beta2-release-notes/122978");

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

  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 );

vers = infos["version"];

if( version_is_less( version:vers, test_version:"2.4.0" ) ||
    version_is_equal( version:vers, test_version:"2.4.0.beta1" ) ) {
  report = report_fixed_ver( installed_version:vers, fixed_version:"2.4.0.beta2", install_path:infos["location"] );
  security_message( port:port, data:report );
  exit( 0 );
}

exit( 99 );