Check_MK < 1.2.8p25, 1.4.x < 1.4.0p9 XSS Vulnerability

# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2017 Greenbone AG
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# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only

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

if (description)
{
  script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.140596");
  script_version("2025-09-12T15:39:53+0000");
  script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2025-09-12 15:39:53 +0000 (Fri, 12 Sep 2025)");
  script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2017-12-12 11:05:49 +0700 (Tue, 12 Dec 2017)");
  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:3.0/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:"2017-12-26 18:10:00 +0000 (Tue, 26 Dec 2017)");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2017-11507");

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

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

  script_name("Check_MK < 1.2.8p25, 1.4.x < 1.4.0p9 XSS Vulnerability");

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);

  script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2017 Greenbone AG");
  script_family("Web application abuses");
  script_dependencies("gb_checkmk_server_http_detect.nasl");
  script_mandatory_keys("checkmk/server/detected");

  script_tag(name:"summary", value:"Check_MK is prone to a cross-site scripting (XSS)
  vulnerability.");

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

  script_tag(name:"insight", value:"A cross site scripting (XSS) vulnerability exists in Check_MK,
  allowing an unauthenticated attacker to inject arbitrary HTML or JavaScript via the output_format
  parameter, and the username parameter of failed HTTP basic authentication attempts, which is
  returned unencoded in an internal server error page.");

  script_tag(name:"affected", value:"Check_MK prior to version 1.2.8p25 and 1.4.x prior to
  1.4.0p9.");

  script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Update to version 1.2.8p25, 1.4.0p9 or later.");

  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://mathias-kettner.com/check_mk_werks.php?werk_id=7661");

  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: "1.2.8p25")) {
  report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version: version, fixed_version: "1.2.8p25", install_path: location);
  security_message(port: port, data: report);
  exit(0);
}

if (version_in_range(version: version, test_version: "1.4.0", test_version2: "1.4.0p8")) {
  report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version: version, fixed_version: "1.4.0p9", install_path: location);
  security_message(port: port, data: report);
  exit(0);
}

exit(99);