| Plugin ID | 224 |
| Plugin name | phpGroupWare prior 0.9.16.003 cross site scripting |
| Plugin filename | PhpGroupWare prior 0.9.16.003 cross site scripting.plugin |
| Plugin filesize | 3609 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 | 2004/09/14 |
| Plugin updated name | Marc Ruef |
| Plugin updated email | marc dot ruef at computec dot ch |
| Plugin updated web | http://www.computec.ch |
| Plugin updated company | computec.ch |
| Plugin updated date | 2004/11/14 |
| Plugin version | 2.0 |
| Plugin changelog | Corrected the plugin structure and added the accuracy values in 1.1. Improved the pattern matching and introduced the plugin changelog in 2.0 |
| Plugin protocol | tcp |
| Plugin port | 80 |
| Plugin procedure detection | open|send GET /login.php HTTP/1.0\n\n|sleep|close|pattern_exists HTTP/#.# ### *phpGroupWare*0.[0-8].* OR HTTP/#.# ### *phpGroupWare*0.9.0* OR HTTP/#.# ### *phpGroupWare*0.9.1[0-3]* OR HTTP/#.# ### *phpGroupWare*0.9.14.00[0-6]* |
| Plugin detection accuracy | 80 |
| Plugin comment | This ATK plugin is inspired by the Nessus plugin. |
| Bug published email | info at phpgroupware dot org |
| Bug published web | http://www.phpgroupware.org |
| Bug published company | phpgroupware.org |
| Bug published date | 2004/09/07 |
| Bug advisory | http://downloads.phpgroupware.org/changelog |
| Bug affected | phpGroupWare prior 0.9.16.003 |
| Bug not affected | phpGroupWare newer than 0.9.16.003 or other solutions |
| Bug vulnerability class | Cross Site Scripting |
| Bug description | The target system is running phpGroupWare prior 0.9.16.003, a multi-user groupware suite written in PHP. There is a cross site scripting vulnerability in it. An attacker may use this flaw to steal the cookies of the victim or may perform other attacks. |
| Bug solution | You should install or upgrade the software to the latest version. See http://www.phpgroupware.org for more details. Change the default directory of the affected suite to make it harder to run pre-defined and automated attacks against the vulnerability. Also limit unwanted connections and communications with firewalling if possible. |
| Bug fixing time | Approx. 30 minutes |
| Bug exploit availability | Maybe |
| Bug exploit url | http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11144/exploit/ |
| Bug remote | Yes |
| Bug local | No |
| Bug severity | Medium |
| Bug popularity | 4 |
| Bug simplicity | 8 |
| Bug impact | 7 |
| Bug risk | 5 |
| Bug Nessus risk | Low |
| Bug check tools | Nessus is able to do the same check, |
| Source SecurityFocus BID | 11130 |
| Source Nessus ID | 14708 |
| 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.phpgroupware.org |