| 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 |