Mailman < 2.1.26 XSS Vulnerability

# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2018 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:gnu:mailman";

if( description )
{
  script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.113097");
  script_version("2025-04-25T15:41:53+0000");
  script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2025-04-25 15:41:53 +0000 (Fri, 25 Apr 2025)");
  script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2018-01-31 13:35:40 +0100 (Wed, 31 Jan 2018)");
  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_tag(name:"severity_vector", value:"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N");
  script_tag(name:"severity_origin", value:"NVD");
  script_tag(name:"severity_date", value:"2020-11-10 19:39:00 +0000 (Tue, 10 Nov 2020)");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2018-5950");

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

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

  script_name("Mailman < 2.1.26 XSS Vulnerability");

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);

  script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2018 Greenbone AG");
  script_family("Web application abuses");
  script_dependencies("mailman_http_detect.nasl");
  script_mandatory_keys("gnu_mailman/detected");

  script_tag(name:"summary", value:"Mailman is prone to a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability
  in the web UI.");

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

  script_tag(name:"impact", value:"Successful exploitation could allow an attacker to inject
  arbitrary web script or HTML.");

  script_tag(name:"affected", value:"GNU Mailman prior to version 2.1.26.");

  script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Update to version 2.1.26 or later.");

  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/msg70375.html");

  exit(0);
}

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

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

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

vers = info["version"];
path = info["location"];

if( version_is_less( version: vers, test_version: "2.1.26" ) ) {
  report = report_fixed_ver( installed_version: vers, fixed_version: "2.1.26", install_path: path );
  security_message( port: port, data: report );
  exit( 0 );
}

exit( 99 );