Plugin ID | 325 |
Plugin name | phpCMS prior 1.2.1pl1 parser.php cross site scripting |
Plugin filename | phpCMS prior 1.2.1pl1 parser.php cross site scripting.plugin |
Plugin filesize | 2447 bytes |
Plugin family | CGI |
Plugin created name | Marc Ruef |
Plugin created email | marc.ruef at computec.ch |
Plugin created web | http://www.computec.ch |
Plugin created company | computec.ch |
Plugin created date | 2005/01/09 |
Plugin version | 1.0 |
Plugin protocol | tcp |
Plugin port | 80 |
Plugin procedure exploit | open|send /parser/parser.php?file=<script>atk</script> HTTP/1.0\n\n|sleep|close|pattern_exists HTTP/#.# ### *<script>atk</script>* |
Plugin exploit accuracy | 98 |
Plugin comment | The NASL script is Copyright (C) 2004 David Maciejak |
Bug published name | Cyrille Barthelemy |
Bug published email | cb-publicbox at ifrance.com |
Bug vulnerability class | Cross Site Scripting |
Bug description | The remote host runs phpCMS, a content management system written in PHP. This version is vulnerable to cross-site scripting due to a lack of sanitization of user-supplied data in parser.php script. Successful exploitation of this issue may allow an attacker to execute malicious script code on a vulnerable server. |
Bug solution | Upgrade to version 1.2.1pl1 or newer. |
Bug fixing time | Approx. 30 minutes |
Bug exploit availability | Yes |
Bug exploit url | http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11765/exploit/ |
Bug remote | Yes |
Bug local | Yes |
Bug severity | Medium |
Bug popularity | 6 |
Bug simplicity | 8 |
Bug impact | 7 |
Bug risk | 7 |
Bug Nessus risk | Medium |
Bug check tools | Nessus can check this flaw with the plugin 15850 (phpCMS XSS). |
Source SecurityFocus BID | 11765 |
Source Nessus ID | 15850 |
Source Literature | Hacking 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://www.computec.ch |