6.1 Medium
AI Score
Confidence
High
4.3 Medium
CVSS2
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
NONE
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
0.003 Low
EPSS
Percentile
65.9%
The remote server is running a version of PsNews (a content management system)
which is older than 1.2.
This version is affected by multiple cross-site scripting flaws. An attacker
may exploit these to steal the cookies from legitimate users of this website.
# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2004 David Maciejak
# 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
# Ref: Michal Blaszczak <wacky nicponie org>
if(description)
{
script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.14685");
script_version("2023-12-13T05:05:23+0000");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2023-12-13 05:05:23 +0000 (Wed, 13 Dec 2023)");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2005-11-03 14:08:04 +0100 (Thu, 03 Nov 2005)");
script_cve_id("CVE-2004-1665");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11124");
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("PsNews XSS");
script_category(ACT_ATTACK);
script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2004 David Maciejak");
script_family("Web application abuses");
script_dependencies("find_service.nasl", "no404.nasl", "webmirror.nasl", "DDI_Directory_Scanner.nasl", "gb_php_http_detect.nasl", "cross_site_scripting.nasl", "global_settings.nasl");
script_require_ports("Services/www", 80);
script_exclude_keys("Settings/disable_cgi_scanning");
script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Upgrade to a newer version.");
script_tag(name:"summary", value:"The remote server is running a version of PsNews (a content management system)
which is older than 1.2.
This version is affected by multiple cross-site scripting flaws. An attacker
may exploit these to steal the cookies from legitimate users of this website.");
script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
script_tag(name:"qod", value:"50"); # No extra check, prone to false positives and doesn't match existing qod_types
exit(0);
}
include("http_func.inc");
include("http_keepalive.inc");
include("port_service_func.inc");
include("list_array_func.inc");
port = http_get_port( default:80 );
if( ! http_can_host_php( port:port ) ) exit( 0 );
host = http_host_name( dont_add_port:TRUE );
if( http_get_has_generic_xss( port:port, host:host ) ) exit( 0 );
foreach dir( make_list_unique( "/", http_cgi_dirs( port:port ) ) ) {
if( dir == "/" ) dir = "";
url = dir + "/index.php?function=show_all&no=%253cscript>foo%253c/script>";
if( http_vuln_check( port:port, url:url, pattern:"<script>foo</script>", check_header:TRUE ) ) {
report = http_report_vuln_url( port:port, url:url );
security_message( port:port, data:report );
exit( 0 );
}
url = dir + "/index.php?function=add_kom&no=<script>foo</script>";
if( http_vuln_check( port:port, url:url, pattern:"<script>foo</script>", check_header:TRUE ) ) {
report = http_report_vuln_url( port:port, url:url );
security_message( port:port, data:report );
exit( 0 );
}
}
exit( 99 );