Discourse < 2.1.0.beta5 XSS Vulnerability

# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2018 Greenbone AG
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# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only

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

if (description)
{
  script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.141410");
  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:"2018-08-29 15:42:26 +0700 (Wed, 29 Aug 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:"qod_type", value:"remote_banner");

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

  script_name("Discourse < 2.1.0.beta5 XSS Vulnerability");

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2018 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 a cross-site scripting vulnerability.");

  script_tag(name:"affected", value:"Discourse before version 2.1.0.beta5.");

  script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Update to version 2.1.0.beta5.");

  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-2-1-0-beta5-release-notes/95331");

  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"];
path = infos["location"];

if (version_is_less(version: vers, test_version: "2.1.0") ||
    version_in_range(version: vers, test_version: "2.1.0.beta1", test_version2: "2.1.0.beta4")) {
  report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version: vers, fixed_version: "2.1.0.beta5", install_url: path);
  security_message(port: port, data: report);
  exit(0);
}

exit(99);