#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 70300 # # (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc. # include('deprecated_nasl_level.inc'); include('compat.inc'); if (description) { script_id(39466); script_version("1.45"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2022/04/11"); script_name(english:"CGI Generic XSS (quick test)"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value: "The remote web server is prone to cross-site scripting attacks."); script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value: "The remote web server hosts CGI scripts that fail to adequately sanitize request strings with malicious JavaScript. By leveraging this issue, an attacker may be able to cause arbitrary HTML and script code to be executed in a user's browser within the security context of the affected site. These XSS are likely to be 'non persistent' or 'reflected'."); script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cross_site_scripting#Non-persistent"); # https://blog.jeremiahgrossman.com/2009/06/results-unicode-leftright-pointing.html script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?ea9a0369"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"http://projects.webappsec.org/w/page/13246920/Cross%20Site%20Scripting"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value: "Restrict access to the vulnerable application. Contact the vendor for a patch or upgrade to address any cross-site scripting vulnerabilities."); script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N"); script_cwe_id(20, 74, 79, 80, 81, 83, 86, 116, 442, 692, 712, 722, 725, 751, 801, 811, 928, 931); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2009/06/19"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"remote"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"thorough_tests", value:"true"); script_end_attributes(); script_category(ACT_ATTACK); script_family(english:"CGI abuses : XSS"); script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2009-2022 Tenable Network Security, Inc."); script_dependencies("http_version.nasl", "webmirror.nasl", "cross_site_scripting.nasl", "web_app_test_settings.nasl", "torture_cgi_load_estimation3.nasl", "torture_cgi_inject_html.nasl"); script_require_keys("Settings/enable_web_app_tests"); script_require_ports("Services/www", 80); script_timeout(43200); exit(0); } include("global_settings.inc"); include("misc_func.inc"); include("http.inc"); include("torture_cgi.inc"); #### i = 0; flaws_and_patterns = make_array( # "", "ST:", '', 'RE:^([^"]|"([^"\\]|\\[\\"])*")*', '">', 'RE:[^\\\\]">', '">

', 'RE:[^\\\\]">

', # This works with IE6, not Firefox '

', 'ST:

', "", "ST:", "", "RE:", '%00">', 'ST:">"', 'alert(110);', 'ST:alert(110);', '\'>', 'RE:[^\\\\]\'>', # '-->', 'ST:-->', '">]*">' ); port = torture_cgi_init(vul: 'XS'); if (get_kb_item(strcat("www/", port, "/generic_xss"))) exit(0, 'The web server is vulnerable to generic cross-site scripting'); # if (stop_at_first_flaw == "port" && ! thorough_tests && get_kb_item(strcat("www/", port, "/XSS"))) exit(0); if (get_kb_item("Settings/PCI_DSS") || report_paranoia < 2) ct = "text/(xml|html)"; else ct = NULL; report = torture_cgis(port: port, vul: "XS", only_content: ct, injectable_only: INJECTABLE_HTML, follow_redirect: 2); if (strlen(report) > 0) { security_warning(port:port, extra: report); }

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