Mambo Site Server index.php mos_change_template XSS Vulnerability - Active Check

# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2005 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

CPE = "cpe:/a:mambo-foundation:mambo";

if(description)
{
  script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.16316");
  script_version("2025-07-18T15:43:33+0000");
  script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2025-07-18 15:43:33 +0000 (Fri, 18 Jul 2025)");
  script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2005-11-03 14:08:04 +0100 (Thu, 03 Nov 2005)");
  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_cve_id("CVE-2004-1825");
  script_name("Mambo Site Server index.php mos_change_template XSS Vulnerability - Active Check");
  script_category(ACT_ATTACK);
  script_family("Web application abuses");
  script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2005 David Maciejak");
  script_dependencies("mambo_detect.nasl", "cross_site_scripting.nasl");
  script_mandatory_keys("mambo_cms/http/detected");
  script_require_ports("Services/www", 80);

  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://web.archive.org/web/20210121161644/http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/9890");

  script_tag(name:"summary", value:"An attacker may use the installed version of Mambo Site Server
  to perform a cross-site scripting (XSS) attack on this host.");

  script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Sends a crafted HTTP GET request and checks the response.");

  script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Update to version 4.5 (1.0.4) or later.");

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

  exit(0);
}

include("host_details.inc");
include("http_func.inc");
include("http_keepalive.inc");

if (!port = get_app_port(cpe: CPE, service: "www"))
  exit(0);

if (!dir = get_app_location(cpe: CPE, port: port))
  exit(0);

host = http_host_name(port: port);
if (http_get_has_generic_xss(port: port, host: host))
  exit(0);

if (dir == "/")
  dir = "";

url = dir + "/index.php?mos_change_template=<script>foo</script>";
req = http_get(item:url, port:port);
res = http_keepalive_send_recv(port:port, data:req);
if (!res)
  exit(0);

if (res =~ "^HTTP/1\.[01] 200" && '<form action="/index.php?mos_change_template=<script>foo</script>' >< res) {
  report = http_report_vuln_url(port:port, url:url);
  security_message(port:port, data:report);
  exit(0);
}

exit(99);