Plugin ID | 275 |
Plugin name | PostNuke detection |
Plugin filename | PostNuke detection.plugin |
Plugin filesize | 2563 bytes |
Plugin family | CGI |
Plugin created name | Marc Ruef |
Plugin created email | marc dot ruef at computec dot ch |
Plugin created web | http://www.computec.ch |
Plugin created company | computec.ch |
Plugin created date | 2004/11/16 |
Plugin version | 1.0 |
Plugin protocol | tcp |
Plugin port | 80 |
Plugin procedure detection | open|send GET /index.php?module=Navigation HTTP/1.0\n\n|sleep|close|pattern_exists HTTP/#.# 200 *PostNuke (#.*)* |
Plugin detection accuracy | 80 |
Plugin comment | Check is copied from the Nessus plugin (see Nessus ID listed in the sources). |
Bug produced name | Postnuke |
Bug produced email | info at postnuke dot com |
Bug produced web | http://www.postnuke.com |
Bug affected | PostNuke |
Bug not affected | Other solutions |
Bug vulnerability class | Configuration |
Bug description | The remote host is running PostNuke, a web content manager written in PHP. See http://www.postnuke.com for more information. |
Bug solution | The server should be deactivated or de-installed if not necessary. To make it harder to find the server the daemon could be configured to listen at another port (e.g. 8081). Try to prevent unwanted connection attempts by filtering traffic with firewalling. Alternation of the application banner can confuse an attacker and let him determine the wrong software. |
Bug fixing time | Approx. 2 hours |
Bug exploit availability | Yes |
Bug remote | Yes |
Bug local | Yes |
Bug severity | Medium |
Bug popularity | 6 |
Bug simplicity | 6 |
Bug impact | 7 |
Bug risk | 6 |
Bug Nessus risk | None |
Bug check tools | Nessus is able to do a similar check. |
Source Nessus ID | 15721 |
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.postnuke.com |