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PmWiki < 2.2.21 XSS Vulnerability

🗓️ 29 Dec 2010 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2010 Greenbone Networks GmbHType 
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PmWiki < 2.2.21 XSS Vulnerability. Input passed to the 'from' parameter to 'pmwiki.php' is not properly sanitized before being returned to the user. Successful exploitation will allow attacker to execute arbitrary HTML and script code in a user's browser session in the context of an affected site. PmWiki version 2.2.20 and prior are affected. Update to version 2.2.21 or later

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# Copyright (C) 2010 Greenbone Networks GmbH
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
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#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
#
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# modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
# as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2
# of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
#
# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
# GNU General Public License for more details.
#
# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
# along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
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CPE = "cpe:/a:pmwiki:pmwiki";

if(description)
{
  script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.801700");
  script_version("2021-08-31T14:18:10+0000");
  script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2021-08-31 14:18:10 +0000 (Tue, 31 Aug 2021)");
  script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2010-12-29 07:31:27 +0100 (Wed, 29 Dec 2010)");
  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-2010-4748");

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

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

  script_name("PmWiki < 2.2.21 XSS Vulnerability");

  script_category(ACT_ATTACK);

  script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2010 Greenbone Networks GmbH");
  script_family("Web application abuses");
  script_dependencies("gb_pmwiki_detect.nasl");
  script_require_ports("Services/www", 80);
  script_mandatory_keys("pmwiki/http/detected");

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

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

  script_tag(name:"impact", value:"Successful exploitation will allow attacker to execute arbitrary
  HTML and script code in a user's browser session in the context of an affected site.");

  script_tag(name:"insight", value:"Input passed to the 'from' parameter to 'pmwiki.php' is not
  properly sanitised before being returned to the user.");

  script_tag(name:"affected", value:"PmWiki version 2.2.20 and prior.");

  script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Update to version 2.2.21 or later.");

  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://secunia.com/advisories/42608/");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://packetstormsecurity.org/files/view/96687/pm-wiki-xss.txt");

  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);

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

url = dir + '/pmwiki.php?n=Main.WikiSandbox?from=<script>alert("VT-XSS-Testing")</script>';

if (http_vuln_check(port: port, url: url, pattern: '<script>alert\\("VT-XSS-Testing"\\)<', check_header: TRUE)) {
  report = http_report_vuln_url(port: port, url: url);
  security_message(port: port, data: report);
  exit(0);
}

exit(99);

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31 Aug 2021 00:00Current
5.8Medium risk
Vulners AI Score5.8
CVSS 24.3
EPSS0.0127
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