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SWsoft Plesk login_up.php3 reloaded cross site scripting
CGI
2004/08/26
Marc Ruef
marc dot ruef at computec dot ch
http://www.computec.ch
computec.ch
Marc Ruef
marc dot ruef at computec dot ch
http://www.computec.ch
computec.ch
2004/11/14
2.0
Corrected the plugin structure and added the accuracy values in 1.1. Improved the pattern matching and introduced the plugin changelog in 2.0
tcp
80
open|sleep|close|pattern_exists *
1
The check is copied from the Nessus plugin. Please check the Nessus plugin ID for more details.
FreeBSD FTP server
Other FTP servers
Cross Site Scripting
The remote host is running Plesk Reloaded (from SWsoft), a web based system administration tool. The remote version of this software is vulnerable to a cross-site scripting attack. An attacker can exploit it by compromising the values of the parameter cat_select in login_up.php3. This can be used to take advantage of the trust between a client and server allowing the malicious user to execute malicious JavaScript on the client's machine.
The solution should be deactivated or de-installed if not necessary. To make it harder to find the web server the daemon could be configured to listen at another port (e.g. 2280). Try to prevent unwanted connection attempts by filtering traffic with firewalling.
15 minutes
Yes
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11024/exploit/
Yes
Yes
Medium
2
9
7
5
Medium
Nessus is able to do nearly the same check. See the Nessus ID for more details.
11024
14369
Hacking Intern - Angriffe, Strategien, Abwehr, Marc Ruef, Marko Rogge, Uwe Velten and Wolfram Gieseke, November 1, 2002, Data Becker, Düsseldorf, ISBN 381582284X
http://www.computec.ch