Ocean12 Guestbook XSS

medium Nessus Plugin ID 11537

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Synopsis

The remote web server has an application that is affected by a cross-site scripting vulnerability.

Description

The remote server is running Ocean12 GuestBook, a set of scripts to manage an interactive guestbook.

An attacker may use this module to inject malicious HTML code in your site, which may be used to steal users' cookies or to simply annoy them.

Solution

Disable this software.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 11537

File Name: ocean12_guestbook_xss.nasl

Version: 1.19

Type: remote

Family: CGI abuses : XSS

Published: 4/14/2003

Updated: 1/19/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 4.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Vulnerability Information

Excluded KB Items: Settings/disable_cgi_scanning

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: No exploit is required

Reference Information

BID: 7329

CWE: 20, 442, 629, 711, 712, 722, 725, 74, 750, 751, 79, 800, 801, 809, 811, 864, 900, 928, 931, 990

Detections

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