The remote host is running a version of phpBB older than 2.0.10.
phpBB contains a flaw that allows a remote cross site scripting attack.
This flaw exists because the application does not validate user-supplied
input in the ‘search_author’ parameter.
This version is also vulnerable to a HTTP response splitting vulnerability
which permits the injection of CRLF characters in the HTTP headers.
# OpenVAS Vulnerability Test
# $Id: phpbb_search_author_xss.nasl 8023 2017-12-07 08:36:26Z teissa $
# Description: phpBB < 2.0.10
#
# Authors:
# David Maciejak <david dot maciejak at kyxar dot fr>
# based on work from (C) Tenable Network Security
#
# Copyright:
# Copyright (C) 2004 David Maciejak
#
# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2,
# as published by the Free Software Foundation
#
# 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
# Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
#
tag_summary = "The remote host is running a version of phpBB older than 2.0.10.
phpBB contains a flaw that allows a remote cross site scripting attack.
This flaw exists because the application does not validate user-supplied
input in the 'search_author' parameter.
This version is also vulnerable to a HTTP response splitting vulnerability
which permits the injection of CRLF characters in the HTTP headers.";
tag_solution = "Upgrade to 2.0.10 or later.";
if(description)
{
script_id(13840);
script_version("$Revision: 8023 $");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"$Date: 2017-12-07 09:36:26 +0100 (Thu, 07 Dec 2017) $");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2005-11-03 14:08:04 +0100 (Thu, 03 Nov 2005)");
script_cve_id("CVE-2004-2054", "CVE-2004-2055");
script_bugtraq_id(10738, 10753, 10754, 10883);
script_xref(name:"OSVDB", value:"8164");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"5.0");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N");
name = "phpBB < 2.0.10";
script_name(name);
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"remote_banner");
script_copyright("This script is Copyright (C) 2004 David Maciejak");
family = "Web application abuses";
script_family(family);
script_dependencies("phpbb_detect.nasl");
script_require_ports("Services/www", 80);
script_tag(name : "solution" , value : tag_solution);
script_tag(name : "summary" , value : tag_summary);
exit(0);
}
# Check starts here
include("http_func.inc");
port = get_http_port(default:80);
if(!get_port_state(port))exit(0);
kb = get_kb_item("www/" + port + "/phpBB");
if ( ! kb ) exit(0);
matches = eregmatch(pattern:"(.*) under (.*)", string:kb);
version = matches[1];
if ( ereg(pattern:"^([01]\.|2\.0\.[0-9]([^0-9]|$))", string:version) )
security_message ( port );