Horde IMP prior 3.1 status.php3 cross site scripting 2.0
 
Plugin ID269
Plugin nameHorde IMP prior 3.1 status.php3 cross site scripting
Plugin filenameHorde IMP prior 2.2.8 status.php3 cross site scripting.plugin
Plugin filesize3384 bytes
Plugin familyCGI
Plugin created nameMarc Ruef
Plugin created emailmarc dot ruef at computec dot ch
Plugin created webhttp://www.computec.ch
Plugin created companycomputec.ch
Plugin created date2004/11/04
Plugin updated nameMarc Ruef
Plugin updated emailmarc dot ruef at computec dot ch
Plugin updated webhttp://www.computec.ch
Plugin updated companycomputec.ch
Plugin updated date2004/11/14
Plugin version2.0
Plugin changelogImproved the pattern matching and introduced the plugin changelog in 2.0
Plugin protocoltcp
Plugin port80
Plugin procedure exploitopen|send GET /status.php3?script=<script>atk</script> HTTP/1.0\n\n|sleep|close|pattern_exists HTTP/#.# ### *<script>atk</script>*
Plugin exploit accuracy99
Plugin commentCheck is inspired by the Nessus plugin. It says that only Horde IMP prior 2.2.8 is vulnerable. But this seems not to be true because the BugTraq posting by Brent J. Nordquist indicates Horde IMP 3.1 as the invulnerable version [http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/276748].
Bug published nameNuno Loureiro
Bug published emailnuno at eth dot pt
Bug published date2004/04/06
Bug advisoryhttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/276748
Bug affectedHorde IMP prior 3.1
Bug not affectedHorde IMP 3.1 and newer or other web servers
Bug vulnerability classCross Site Scripting
Bug descriptionThe remote host is running at least one instance of Horde IMP in which the status.php3 script is vulnerable to a cross site scripting attack since information passed to it is not properly sanitized.
Bug solutionUpgrade to IMP version 2.2.8 or later. Also limit unwanted connections and communications with firewalling if possible.
Bug fixing timeApprox. 30 minutes
Bug exploit availabilityYes
Bug exploit urlhttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4444/exploit/
Bug remoteYes
Bug localYes
Bug severityMedium
Bug popularity6
Bug simplicity8
Bug impact8
Bug risk7
Bug Nessus riskLow
Bug check toolsNessus is able to do the same check.
Source CVECAN-2002-0181
Source SecurityFocus BID4444
Source OSVDB ID5345
Source Nessus ID15616
Source LiteratureHacking Exposed: Network Security Secrets & Solutions, Stuart McClure, Joel Scambray and George Kurtz, February 25, 2003, 4th Edition, McGraw-Hill Osborne Media, ISBN 0072227427
Source Misc.http://bugs.horde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=916

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