| Plugin ID | 317 |
| Plugin name | InMail inmail.pl cross site scripting |
| Plugin filename | InMail inmail.pl cross site scripting.plugin |
| Plugin filesize | 2497 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 | 2005/01/05 |
| Plugin version | 1.0 |
| Plugin protocol | tcp |
| Plugin port | 80 |
| Plugin procedure exploit | open|send GET /inmail.pl?acao=<script>atk</script> HTTP/1.0\n\n|sleep|close|pattern_exists HTTP/#.# 200 *<script>atk</script>* |
| Plugin exploit accuracy | 98 |
| Plugin comment | The NASL script is Copyright (C) 2004 Tenable Network Security |
| Bug published name | Carlos Ulver |
| Bug affected | InMail |
| Bug vulnerability class | Cross Site Scripting |
| Bug description | The remote host is using InMail/InShop, a web applications written in Perl. An implementation error in the validation of the user input specifically in the script 'inmail.pl' in its 'acao' uri-argument and 'inshop.pl' in its 'screen' uri argument lead to an XSS vulnerability allowing a user to create cross site attacks, also allowing theft of cookie-based authentication credentials. |
| Bug solution | None at this time. |
| Bug fixing time | Approx. 20 minutes |
| Bug exploit availability | Yes |
| Bug exploit url | http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11758/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 15864 (InMail/InShop XSS). |
| Source SecurityFocus BID | 11758 |
| Source OSVDB ID | 11704 |
| Source Nessus ID | 15864 |
| 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 |