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XAMPP <= 7.3.2 DoS Vulnerability

🗓️ 17 Jun 2024 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2024 Greenbone AGType 
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XAMPP <= 7.3.2 DoS Vulnerability. Denial of service vulnerability in XAMPP for Windows version 7.3.2 and prior, causing system crashes due to resource consumption from incomplete HTTP requests

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# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2024 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:apachefriends:xampp";

if (description)
{
  script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.152427");
  script_version("2025-06-18T05:40:25+0000");
  script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2025-06-18 05:40:25 +0000 (Wed, 18 Jun 2025)");
  script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2024-06-17 05:31:36 +0000 (Mon, 17 Jun 2024)");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"7.8");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2024-5055");

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

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

  script_name("XAMPP <= 7.3.2 DoS Vulnerability");

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);

  script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2024 Greenbone AG");
  script_family("Denial of Service");
  script_dependencies("gb_xampp_http_detect.nasl", "os_detection.nasl");
  script_mandatory_keys("xampp/detected", "Host/runs_windows");

  script_tag(name:"summary", value:"XAMPP is prone to a denial of service (DoS) vulnerability.");

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

  script_tag(name:"insight", value:"When XAMPP attempts to process many incomplete HTTP requests,
  it results in resource consumption and system crashes.");

  script_tag(name:"affected", value:"XAMPP for Windows version 7.3.2 and prior.");

  script_tag(name:"solution", value:"No known solution was made available for at least one year since
  the disclosure of this vulnerability. Likely none will be provided anymore. General solution options
  are to upgrade to a newer release, disable respective features, remove the product or replace the
  product by another one.");

  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://www.incibe.es/en/incibe-cert/notices/aviso/vulnerability-uncontrolled-resource-consumption-xampp");

  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_equal(version: version, test_version: "7.3.2")) {
  report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version: version, fixed_version: "None", install_path: location);
  security_message(port: port, data: report);
  exit(0);
}

exit(0);

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18 Jun 2025 00:00Current
7.5High risk
Vulners AI Score7.5
CVSS 3.17.5
EPSS0.00443
SSVC
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