The remote web server contains a PHP application that is prone to cross-site scripting attacks. According to its banner, the remote version of PunBB is vulnerable to cross-site scripting flaws due to the application not validating URL and quote tags, allowing attackers to inject arbitrary HTML and script code into a user's browser
Source | Link |
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punbb | www.punbb.org/changelogs/1.1.4_to_1.1.5.txt |
# OpenVAS Vulnerability Test
# $Id: punBB_url_quote_xss.nasl 8023 2017-12-07 08:36:26Z teissa $
# Description: PunBB URL Quote Tag XSS
#
# Authors:
# David Maciejak <david dot maciejak at kyxar dot fr>
#
# 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 web server contains a PHP application that is prone to
cross-site scripting attacks.
Description :
According to its banner, the remote version of PunBB is vulnerable to
cross-site scripting flaws because the application does not validate
URL and quote tags. With a specially-crafted URL, an attacker may be
able to inject arbitrary HTML and script code into a user's browser,
resulting in a loss of integrity.";
tag_solution = "Upgrade to PunBB version 1.1.5 or later.";
# Ref: s0da
if(description)
{
script_id(15941);
script_version("$Revision: 8023 $");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"$Date: 2017-12-07 09:36:26 +0100 (Thu, 07 Dec 2017) $");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2005-11-03 14:08:04 +0100 (Thu, 03 Nov 2005)");
script_xref(name:"OSVDB", value:"7973");
name = " PunBB URL Quote Tag XSS";
script_name(name);
script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"4.3");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"remote_banner");
script_copyright("This script is Copyright (C) 2004 David Maciejak");
family = "Web application abuses";
script_family(family);
script_dependencies("punBB_detect.nasl");
script_exclude_keys("Settings/disable_cgi_scanning");
script_require_ports("Services/www", 80);
script_tag(name : "solution" , value : tag_solution);
script_tag(name : "summary" , value : tag_summary);
script_xref(name : "URL" , value : "http://www.punbb.org/changelogs/1.1.4_to_1.1.5.txt");
exit(0);
}
#
# The script code starts here
#
include("http_func.inc");
port = get_http_port(default:80);
if (!get_port_state(port)) exit(0);
if (!can_host_php(port:port)) exit(0);
# Test an install.
install = get_kb_item(string("www/", port, "/punBB"));
if (isnull(install)) exit(0);
matches = eregmatch(string:install, pattern:"^(.+) under (/.*)$");
if (!isnull(matches)) {
ver = matches[1];
if (egrep(pattern: "^(0\.|1\.0|1\.1[^.]|1\.1\.[0-4]([^0-9]|$))",string:ver))
{
security_message(port);
exit(0);
}
}
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