The remote host is using Greymatter, an opensource weblogging and journal software written in perl. A vulnerability exists in this version which may allow an attacker to execute arbitrary HTML and script code in the context of the user's browser
Reporter | Title | Published | Views | Family All 5 |
---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Greymatter Comment Name Field Control Panel Log XSS | 19 Sep 200500:00 | – | nessus |
![]() | CVE-2005-2816 | 7 Sep 200519:07 | – | cve |
![]() | CVE-2005-2816 | 7 Sep 200504:00 | – | cvelist |
![]() | CVE-2005-2816 | 7 Sep 200519:07 | – | nvd |
![]() | Greymatter gm.cgi HTML injection flaw | 26 Mar 200600:00 | – | openvas |
# OpenVAS Vulnerability Test
# $Id: greymatter_html_inject.nasl 5781 2017-03-30 08:15:57Z cfi $
# Description: Greymatter gm.cgi HTML injection flaw
#
# Authors:
# David Maciejak <david dot maciejak at kyxar dot fr>
#
# Copyright:
# Copyright (C) 2005 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 using Greymatter, an opensource weblogging and
journal software written in perl.
A vulnerability exists in this version which may allow
an attacker to execute arbitrary HTML and script code in
the context of the user's browser.";
tag_solution = "Upgrade to the latest version of this software";
# Ref: [email protected]
if(description)
{
script_id(19752);
script_version("$Revision: 5781 $");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"$Date: 2017-03-30 10:15:57 +0200 (Thu, 30 Mar 2017) $");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2006-03-26 17:55:15 +0200 (Sun, 26 Mar 2006)");
script_cve_id("CVE-2005-2816");
script_bugtraq_id(14703);
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_name("Greymatter gm.cgi HTML injection flaw");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"remote_banner");
script_copyright("This script is Copyright (C) 2005 David Maciejak");
script_family("Web application abuses");
script_dependencies("find_service.nasl", "http_version.nasl");
script_require_ports("Services/www", 80);
script_exclude_keys("Settings/disable_cgi_scanning");
script_tag(name : "solution" , value : tag_solution);
script_tag(name : "summary" , value : tag_summary);
exit(0);
}
include("http_func.inc");
include("http_keepalive.inc");
port = get_http_port(default:80);
foreach dir( make_list_unique( "/greymatter", cgi_dirs( port:port ) ) ) {
if( dir == "/" ) dir = "";
url = string(dir, "/gm.cgi");
if(http_vuln_check(port:port, url:url,pattern:'<META NAME="Generator" CONTENT="Greymatter (0\\.|1\\.([0-2][0-9]*[a-z]?|3|3\\.[01]))">')) {
report = report_vuln_url( port:port, url:url );
security_message( port:port, data:report );
exit( 0 );
}
}
exit( 99 );
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