Sphider query Parameter Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2008 Greenbone AG
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
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#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only

if(description)
{
  script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.800308");
  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:"2008-12-01 15:31:19 +0100 (Mon, 01 Dec 2008)");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"2.6");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N");
  script_cve_id("CVE-2008-5211");
  script_name("Sphider query Parameter Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/42240");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29074");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://users.own-hero.net/~decoder/advisories/sphider134-xss.txt");

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2008 Greenbone AG");
  script_family("Web application abuses");
  script_dependencies("find_service.nasl", "no404.nasl", "webmirror.nasl", "DDI_Directory_Scanner.nasl", "gb_php_http_detect.nasl", "global_settings.nasl");
  script_require_ports("Services/www", 80);
  script_exclude_keys("Settings/disable_cgi_scanning");

  script_tag(name:"impact", value:"Successful attack could lead to execution of arbitrary HTML or scripting code
  in the security context of an affected web page, which allows an attacker to
  steal cookie-based authentication credentials or access and modify data.");

  script_tag(name:"affected", value:"Sphider Version 1.3.4 and prior on all running platform.");

  script_tag(name:"insight", value:"The flaw is due to input passed into the query parameter in search.php
  when suggestion feature is enabled is not properly sanitized before being returned to a user.");

  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:"summary", value:"Sphider is prone to a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability.");

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

  exit(0);
}

include("http_func.inc");
include("http_keepalive.inc");
include("port_service_func.inc");
include("list_array_func.inc");
include("version_func.inc");

port = http_get_port(default:80);
if(!http_can_host_php(port:port))
  exit(0);

foreach path (make_list_unique("/sphider", http_cgi_dirs(port:port)))
{

  if(path == "/") path = "";

  rcvRes = http_get_cache(item:path + "/changelog", port:port);
  if(!rcvRes)
    continue;

  if(egrep(pattern:"Sphider .* search engine in PHP", string:rcvRes))
  {
    sphiderVer = eregmatch(pattern:"Sphider ([0-9.]+)", string:rcvRes);
    if(sphiderVer[1] != NULL)
    {
      if(version_is_less_equal(version:sphiderVer[1], test_version:"1.3.4")){
        security_message(port:port);
        exit(0);
      }
    }
  }
}

exit(99);