phpAdsNew Multiple Vulnerabilities (Mar 2005) - Active Check

# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2005 Noam Rathaus
# 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

if(description)
{
  script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.17335");
  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-2005-0791");
  script_name("phpAdsNew Multiple Vulnerabilities (Mar 2005) - Active Check");
  script_category(ACT_ATTACK);
  script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2005 Noam Rathaus");
  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_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://web.archive.org/web/20210119011825/http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/12803");

  script_tag(name:"summary", value:"phpAdsNew is prone to multiple vulnerabilities.");

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

  script_tag(name:"insight", value:"The following flaws exist:

  - No CVE: Path disclosure vulnerability

  - CVE-2005-0791: Cross-site scripting vulnerability");

  script_tag(name:"impact", value:"An attacker may use the cross-site scripting bug to perform
  phishing attacks.");

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

  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( port:port );
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 = "";

  # nb: Pattern has been extracted from the files available here:
  # https://sourceforge.net/projects/phpadsnew/files/OldFiles/
  url = dir + "/adframe.php";
  res = http_get_cache( item:url, port:port );
  if( ! res || ! egrep( string:res, pattern:"(Advertisement|phpads_adjustframe)", icase:FALSE ) )
    continue;

  url = dir + "/adframe.php?refresh=example.com'<script>alert(document.cookie)</script>";
  req = http_get( item:url, port:port );
  res = http_keepalive_send_recv( port:port, data:req );

  if( res =~ "^HTTP/1\.[01] 200" && "content='example.com\'><script>alert(document.cookie)</script>'>" >< res ) {
    report = http_report_vuln_url( port:port, url:url );
    security_message( port:port, data:report );
    exit( 0 );
  }
}

exit( 99 );