AWStats 7.x < 7.9 XSS Vulnerability

# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2022 Greenbone AG
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# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only

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

if(description)
{
  script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.149003");
  script_version("2026-03-25T05:58:02+0000");
  script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2026-03-25 05:58:02 +0000 (Wed, 25 Mar 2026)");
  script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2022-12-07 07:48:50 +0000 (Wed, 07 Dec 2022)");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"6.4");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/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:"2022-12-06 12:39:00 +0000 (Tue, 06 Dec 2022)");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2022-46391");

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

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

  script_name("AWStats 7.x < 7.9 XSS Vulnerability");

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);

  script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2022 Greenbone AG");
  script_family("Web application abuses");
  script_dependencies("gb_awstats_http_detect.nasl");
  script_mandatory_keys("awstats/detected");

  script_tag(name:"summary", value:"AWStats 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:"AWStats allows XSS in the hostinfo plugin due to printing a
  response from Net::XWhois without proper checks.");

  script_tag(name:"affected", value:"AWStats version 7.x through 7.8.");

  script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Update to version 7.9 or later.");

  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://github.com/eldy/AWStats/pull/226");

  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 =~ "^7\." && version_is_less(version: version, test_version:"7.9")) {
  report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version: version, fixed_version: "7.9", install_path: location);
  security_message(port: port, data: report);
  exit(0);
}

exit(99);